Been using it for a long time now in NZ. I'd describe it as unbias (in a scientific way, not political). That's slightly disconcerting to start with. Then you start to wield it with that mindset & it's great. It's also my gateway to LLMs via Assistant. Only thing I go back to Google for is shopping.

Not quite haptic... but the zip drive eject mechanism, and the general feel of a zip disk in your hands.

Not entirely sure which history of NZ you are reading. But that's really not what happened.

Have another look.