Here is probably better place to discuss my suggestion I mentioned on http://forum.micropython.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2631&start=70#p15831 only as a note.

"Note:
I would like to suggest (to @pfalcon) not to activate default softAP but to make it during WEBREPL activation. I think it's useful because I can see a room full of attendees during a training with fresh flashed MicroPython who shall solve the task BLINK_LED, while there is the air full of RF smog with e.g. activated 10 APs..., which are useless at that moment. When the trained people reach WiFi topics, they will be able to activate necessary functions."
... there are plenty of other reasons too.