[picolisp]

Do you feel that this isn't true? I was raised by musicians, and am an (amateur) musician. It rings true to my feelings and experiences. It not just our software but inside our hears and ears. We want to play and replicate what we hear and know and western musicians hear mostly western music, based on (but not exclusively on) 4/4, equal temperament.

[tengbretson]

Learning that something that you cannot see still exists usually occurs by 6 months of age, so I'm challenging the idea that this is a problem electronic music artists face.

[jjk166]

You like 4/4 western music and want to play it, but you are clearly aware of alternatives. As soon as you know what a time signature is, you know that there are many possibilities. Maybe if someone knows nothing of music theory and has never heard anything that wasn't 4/4 they would be unaware this was a variable parameter, but that's exactly the kind of user who needs a simple, user-friendly default.

[quantified]

You got downvoted but I sympathize. Everyone likes what they like, and are heavily influenced by what they hear (and grew up hearing, particularly). It’s not wrong, just how we generally are.

Western music tolerates more syncopation and chromatic sound than it did 200 years ago, that’s something. If all you listen to is pop, you’re missing a LOT.