That's a good thing, the majority isn't a good target group.

It’s a good target group when determining defaults. I’m not saying that we should remove all customizability; rather, I feel that out of the box a device should serve the majority of people.

I agree not nearly enough thought is being put into the defaults.

But the majority of Linux users are "techies", thus the defaults should cater to them.

The benefit of Linux is that you can customize it for deferent groups of people: that’s what distros are. You can have one where the defaults cater to technical users and one where it’s focused on the needs of the general population.