[thaumasiotes]

> This is also an opportunity to think about the value of a piece of configuration. If an example configuration value works for 40% of users without modification, should that value even exist?

This sounds completely insane. If a majority of people need something different, they shouldn't be allowed to have it?

[velosol]

I read it slightly differently: those 60% can set one of the other values and the default value no longer exists but is simply the default so the 40% who previously had to set that value now don't.