> Fyi, in Mint if you search application for "notepad", "Text Editor" is the first result. That is curated search done right. Search for notepad on windows and you probably get an ad for a travel website.

So it was with Windows Vista, Windows 7, even Windows 8. It's not an impossible ask for Windows either.

It's not but when you're asking Microsoft you're not asking developers. You're asking marketers who are trying to pimp stuff like bing and Copilot. What you're getting is exactly what they want you to get.