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100% agree and I also despise devs who do this on windows, instead of using %appdata% they’re using c:\users\username\.myappisimportantandtotallydeservesthisdir
Not to mention - this isn't necessarily the correct place for Windows anyway. That is exactly why they standardized stuff around Vista.
Plus - what about apps that store an ungodly amount data in there? Personally, I only keep the OS and basic app data (such as configs and cache) on the partition and nothing else.
Then something like Minecraft comes along and it's like "humpty dumpty I'm crapping a lumpty" and stores all its data in ".minecraft" right there in your user directory.
Then you gotta symlink stuff around and it becomes a mess...