Why doesn't Microsoft use Silverlight for users' computers through a Windows update?

Question

I am not a Silverlight developer (yet) and what pushes me away - and many others, I think - is the relative lack of browser settings compared to Flash.

But I don’t understand why site visitors should explicitly install Silverlight on their own, which seems to be the main stumbling block.

Since most computer users use Windows, is there a reason Microsoft does not force Silverlight on Windows machines through a Windows update?

They do this (and continue to do so) using the .NET framework, so why not use Silverlight? Legal issue, maybe?

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