I hate Windows 11 a little less thanks to this tiny free app

The article discusses a free app called MSEdgeRedirect that allows users to bypass Microsoft's default Edge browser and Bing search engine in Windows 11. The author was dissatisfied with Windows 11's over-eager promotion of Microsoft's own products and services, including the inability to set their preferred browser and search engine as the default. The article explains that MSEdgeRedirect redirects web searches from the Windows 11 Start search bar to the user's preferred browser and search engine, such as Vivaldi and DuckDuckGo. It also allows users to redirect other taskbar widgets, like weather and news, to their preferred services. The author notes that while MSEdgeRedirect currently works on their home-built desktop PC and Snapdragon laptop, there is no guarantee that it will continue to work in the future, as Microsoft has been known to update Windows in a way that disrupts such tools. However, the author finds the app useful for making Windows 11 a little less annoying, especially for those who have recently been forced to upgrade to the new operating system.