Back in 2005 when the "Digital Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005" was passed by congress mandating DTV:

Republicans controlled both houses of congress.

The corrupting influence of lobbies in Washington during that time is beyond dispute (evidenced by their growth in numbers and the scandals that have broken).

The FCC was run by Michael "I don't know what public interest means." Powell.

The lobbies for over-air broadcasters likely could have influenced the timing of the transition and yet they didn't see any problem with having the transition occur near their sweeps?

Give them what they asked for.

Too many people watch too much t.v. Pull the switch.

The package manager should include "unbiased" reviews/descriptions of the browsers' attributes regarding publisher, stability, security track record, and compliance to open web-standards. Of course there is the issue of the order the different browsers are listed in, which should not be in alphabetic order unless you like the idea of an "AAA Browser" being beaten out by an "AAAA Browser" and so on... Unfortunately user share ranking is probably the easiest to implement. So Internet Explorer would be on top of the list - presumably followed by an unfavorable review. It would be followed by Firefox with a more favorable review...