I'd argue people know (even expect) they are searching Google when they type in a browser address bar. No one wants Bing search results when they type in the start menu.
NO!! I don't expect to be searching Google when I type something into the browser address bar. That is what the search bar is for.
Keyboard shortcut? Privacy concerns?
Honestly curious because I feel the search bar has long since been made redundant. The only people I see using it in the wild is my parents/their friends.
I don't understand why people speak for the whole population. I'm sure MS runs Analytics for these and would've killed it off if "no one" wants it.
Microsoft users do not want it.
Microsoft customers want it.
In case it's not obvious, when Windows was given away for free, the users were no longer customers, and transitioned to become "product".