I was reading that you were bothered by the default faucet changing. I think ANY collusion to ensure anyone default faucet is questionable.
So on that note, who should the default faucet be now? And in a year? And in 5 years?
Answering that makes the immediate change less important to me, but ensuring it works would certainly be advisable. So I understand your frustration there.
It makes sense to change the default faucet in case:
things that should not be present in the reference wallet, it needs to stay neutral.