I agree. The auto-features should be default for bash as well as it would really help some novices to get more fun out of the experience learning to use a shell

I agree. The auto-features should be default for bash as well as it would really help some novices to get more fun out of the experience learning to use a shell and also as an experienced user I wouldn't want to miss this. Because of that on every computer I have to work with for some time one of the first things is installing ZSH (and prezto).