To tilt defaults to a safer side is usually (though, not always) good, if it's meant to be out-of-the-box system. Definitely, not the case here as bare-bones FreeBSD is essentially a platform for building a user's own solution for own needs. Not making too much assumptions about what they are is actually very rational for FBSD devs. I know my goal better, I know which choices/compromises I want to make.