Composer Replaces
Magento 2 is shipped with tons of modules which not all projects require. Therefore we have our own module that disable the implementation and installation of this "bloatware" modules that may improve Magento 2 performance. To do that, we implement a composer replace method which are known by Magento 2 developers.
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You can read about composer replace method here by Integer.net.