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A loss of trust in the CA system by the general public would likely lead to a loss of trust in the internet in general.

So the solution to "the CA system is not trustworthy" is "tell the public the CA system is trustworthy"?

Edit: I mean, I can see how it's in the browser's interests to convince people that the system is reliable. And I can see how it's in web companies' interests to convince people that the system is reliable. But trying to convince people that the system is reliable when it is known not to be reliable strikes me as ethically questionable, at best.

I don't think we're disagreeing here, I was just trying to point out what the browser vendors motivations might be. It is also quite possible that law enforcement etc. requested a delay in the announcement to aid what has to be a significant ongoing investigation.

The public wasn't lied to, or even spoken to - some browser makers just slapped a band-aid on a broken system to prevent it from visibly falling apart. People (but not necessarily Mozilla et al. - think cryptographers) should arguably be fixing the system instead, but it's a hard problem and immediate fixes would be needed anyway.

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