Personally, I would like the choice of long or short on most components or appliances. Depending on how you are organizing the components, it is sometimes preferable to have a 4 foot cord on everything or a 10 foot cord if the situation requires it. For me, if I could I would love to have an 2 foot cord on the components closest to my conditioner.
Case in point is my electric toothbrush. Why does it come with a 5 foot cord when it will undoubtably be plugged into the groundfault receptacle on your bathroom counter. I believe most people brush their teeth in the same room as the receptacle it is plugged into.