Indeed.  Even at the time it seemed like the silliest possible thing you could get upset about.  I remember not being able to parse why anybody thought it was bad.<p>They had the unmitigated gaul to include software with their operating system.  Kinda like wordpad, file manager, hearts, calculator and dozens of other things that you&#x27;d expect to find on a computer.  All those things had (and still have) alternatives that you can replace them with that may or may not cost money and may or may not be better.  But somehow having a web browser installed by default was so obviously different as to be completely inexcusable even 20 years later.<p>As a customer, having a web browser installed on your new computer by default is a Good Thing.  Removing it from the install could only possibly make things worse for end users.<p>It made no sense then, and even less sense now.