"The Congress shall have power... To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;"
--Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
You seem to be mistaking "Prospective Sponsor" with "Mr. Burns". If people won't donate like that, then how come so many donate to political campaigns?
Actually, its a case of MS having a broken system. If the automated updates system held unimportant non-security updates, like IE8 and the extension, and displayed a message asking permission for them, then the problem would be averted.