I found a way to fix freezing starting screen error by disable Epic Social Panel. You can disable it by a way from https://www.reddit.com/r/EpicGamesPC/comments/huwjm0/psa_epic_overlay_bug_with_death_stranding/
“Disable the overlay by moving all EOS*.* in the folder {install drive&directory}\Epic Games\Launcher\Portal\Extras\Overlay to a subfolder (such as _disabled.”
I just tried it and it seems to work.
edit/ seems like one has to put the folder back every time you close the epic launcher and want to restart it, else you get an error.