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I often have to zoom into code a lot more than others. This means that I will often want to format my code differently. I change the settings and I can use defaults before committing the code.

Programming causes me a lot of eye strain as it is, a configurable syntax formatter really does help.

I never see anyone discuss syntax the way you're describing. Not at work, not online. Actually the only place I see it is when discussing what the default is, so I think having a default is far more likely to cause those discussions as people will have more reason to complain.