20+ years ago - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor.... Operating System

20+ years ago - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor.... Operating Systems didn't always come with a browser. We used to have to go to a store and buy copies on floppy disk or get a copy from a friend or download from a BBS. Hell, sometimes we had to install TCP/IP support since it wasn't part of the OS. So when MS included a browser in Windows the groups that also made browsers cried foul. Downloading and installing software was a painful thing and a real barrier to adoption.