I'm one of those people who have to be able to set up & configure SQL as an incidental part of my "real job", and personally I'm all for safety nets. However ...

The issue isn't really being able to access any specific toggle option, but of having the knowledge to be able to judge when to use it. I find it realitively easy to research different "options", but rarely does that research give a clear and unambiguous answer at to what choices should be made in any specific situation. This type of judgement only comes with experience. I think anyone who doesn't do SQL DBA as his or her main occupation should rather call in more experienced help for anything other than a sandbox installation.