It's not that macOS is conducive to third party launchers, it's that you need these other launchers to replicate the the basic functionality that is built into

It's not that macOS is conducive to third party launchers, it's that you need these other launchers to replicate the the basic functionality that is built into the Windows launcher. There aren't as many third party launchers for Windows because it already does 99% of what you want it to do, and the remaining 1% are features, not competitors.