Git init defaults to master, i don't care what it's called but why are they diverging from git defaults? This will just add yet another inconsistency to confus

Git init defaults to master, i don't care what it's called but why are they diverging from git defaults? This will just add yet another inconsistency to confuse newbies as they transition from using github directly to plain git cli... The more cynical side of me would think that may even be intentional.