while I must agree that the templates, especially the default, is not too easy on the eyes, it is better than nothing, and lookin at empty screen.
The theme and templates are very easy to change anytime, so they can run a few tests to see which one works better, and we all can vote for 1 default.
The more people using different templates, more problems there will be.
So there should be just 1 default, and 1 optional.
Good luck guys