Just because they advertised the browser, it didn't mean it wasn't actually better no matter how much you hate that fact.

It's really disgusting to see such misinformation spread because you hate what actually happened.

Those weren't advertisements. The browser was packaged with other software and automatically installed if you didn't catch it and prevent it. I'm pretty sure it also made itself the default browser during the installation without user interaction.

There are screenshots of the installers in those links.