I rarely open the iCloud program on my Windows PC, but when I have recently, this is what I see:

The circle of coloured dots slowly spins mesmerizingly as it teases that it’s “Signing in…” but it never signs in. Until I go to icloud.com in my browser, relaunch the program, and then it works. I don’t know if this is a coincidence, but it has “fixed” the issue each time.
More quality work from the company devoted to squeezing as much as it can from its customers, because tens of billions in pure profit is not enough. I know I promised not to gripe about Apple as much on this blog anymore, but they make it so easy now.
But I do promise to not gripe as much going forward. For reals. If for no other reason than I use Apple devices increasingly less these days.