Can someone explain why different Vaults don't share "things that should be common"?

By design, each vault is a silo with its own .obsidian settings folder. If you find a setup you like, you can copy & paste the original .obsidian settings folder to any new vaults you create. The settings/plugins/themes/CSS snippets will be the same as a the previous vault.

There’s a feature request here to share settings between vaults:

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