those aliases (that wasn't the only one) are one of the reasons I nearly instantly closed PowerShell and installed some bash version (probably Cygwin at the time, though now I just install git when I need to use Windows). That kind of violation of expectations makes using a tool infuriating. I'll learn new things, but don't pretend a completely different thing is the same thing.

I think it would make sense to detect somehow the intent of the person using the command/alias and depending on that call either curl.exe or invoke-webrequest. Ofc, this would mean the alias needs to be replaced by a real cmdlet.

Microsoft® recently published a Windows™-specific reimplementation of sudo as well, and will not consider giving it a different name.

keep up the good fight don curlotte! 🤭 :)