Given the exclusive choice between the two options, I'd rather have a thousand things to choose from. Chances are that many of those choices will suit my needs

Given the exclusive choice between the two options, I'd rather have a thousand things to choose from. Chances are that many of those choices will suit my needs better than the one "quality thing with good defaults". I'd consider the "quality thing" as a baseline, or a starting point. From there, if something bothers me enough, I can look for an alternative that doesn't have that problem. If nothing bothers me that much, then I guess that the defaults were good for me.