See https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/pull/32904 for background. We can't flip the default in a maintenance release, but we can off more control over the configuration by making MicrometerOptions a bean that backs off when the user defines their own.
Comment From: wilkinsona
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/32986 will flip the default in 3.0.