But... do a search on Google, Bing or DuckDuckGo (I use the Duck most days)...
...You still won't find it directly...
Instead you will find a number of places where the direct link to it has been shared.
So it exists. You can get it and, with a medium level of effort, install and reset it as the default Image Viewer in Windows.
But only if you have the direct link to the App in the Microsoft Store.
This a perfect application of #NudgeTheory for evil intent.
Or... #EvilNudge
There are also subtler #EvilNudge where something is technically available (usually a well-liked service or app) that the enterprise wants to "wean" customers off of, usually to something else that (again) soley benefits the enterprise, gets harder and harder to find/install/obtain.
This is often followed by the "retirement" of said service or app because "no one was using it anymore"...
Going to try a new Hashtag and see if it gains any traction:
Something I have increasingly seen with technology platforms (and loosely tied to the culture of #Enshitification) are moves by the enterprises behind these platforms to use #NudgeTheory for purposes that are for the sole benefit of themselves and not for the customers that patronize them.
We see it every day. The Amazon constant #EvilNudge to auto-enroll in Prime, The silent Opt-Out integration of products and services.
Michael Kohlman