I am genuinely curious - why Microsoft thinks this is an acceptable default search behavior?

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  • PowerToys

    Windows system utilities to maximize productivity

    • You might wanna check out PowerToys

  • Wox

    A cross-platform launcher that simply works

    • Other options that are open source are wox, cerebro and flow launcher

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • cerebro

    🔵 Cerebro is an open-source launcher to improve your productivity and efficiency

    • Other options that are open source are wox, cerebro and flow launcher

  • Flow.Launcher

    :mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins

    • Other options that are open source are wox, cerebro and flow launcher

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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