Why not set 11n_disable=8 as default?

[Caleb Rogers]

Hello,

I am usually made fun of in our web dev team for using ubuntu instead of
MacOSX. Today, a new reason popped up - running speedtest on my machine,
and then my coworkers', revealed I was getting *significantly* slower net
speeds on wifi. This post here
<https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2246002> illustrated why.
Obviously, I just need to edit my wifi driver config file and edit an
esoteric line from a 0 to an 8. Literally, a "go faster" button.

Why isn't this just set by default? Or, even, why not just an option on
installation: "Do you want fast WIFI, or slow WIFI?"

Thanks,
Caleb
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