Perhaps in the 90s a Web browser would have not obviously been part of an OS, but nowadays it's one of the simplest, yet most used, applications going and it makes sense to bundle one with any desktop-based OS.

Come to think of it, I can't think of any current desktop-based OS that doesn't come with a Web browser installed by default..

The whole anti-competition lawsuit over this stuff was based on early 2000s assumptions. It's time to forget all about it now and let MS get on with it.

user of cli knows 'alternative package exists and can be installed for free' = true nearly 100% of the time;

user of browser knows 'alternative ...';; returns "distinctions packages missing';