Do you have a source for that? Not saying you're wrong, but I'd be interested in seeing a poll on how many enjoy Gregtech because of the machines it adds and how many enjoys it for the difficulty.Honestly I very agree with Baxtor if you play a mod, play it the way the maker wanted to.
If you want to config it fine, and as to Tyrellen and Molten, The majority of the people want GT to be on hard mode, so why would the majority go config, while the minority doesnt?
It's like saying 2 people want apple pie, 6 people want banana, so the baker makes 6 apple pie and 2 banana