My motivation for calling for it to be the default was that it’s safer (in terms of data).

Another UX principle is that of least surprise. I think it’s reasonable to assume that most users will expect the copy to be fully complete when the dialog closes, and that they will be surprised when their files are corrupted. Changing the behavior in the desktop to delay closing the dialog until any copying to removable media is complete should not be a controversial change.

We’re seeing an influx of novice users to Linux. I don’t think we need a bunch “Linux ate my files” incidents if it can be avoided by a simple change, which itself can be easily reversed if you didn’t like it.

I would settle for checked-by-default “sync and wait” option. That way I can choose whether to cause a sync or not.

I guess that’s fair, and I really need to learn to not make off the cuff statements without going into details on Lemmy :)

I really had in mind more things that have prices printed on, etc. I definitely agree we would be better off including tax on price tags.

I agree it shouldn’t take that much effort to include it in things that have dynamic displays (like gas), but I suspect the reason for that is part inertia, part confusion when it’s included or not, part nobody wants to look like they raised prices.

Sales tax in the US is also not a VAT. And every state and municipality are free to have their own rules. My town where I live and the next one over have different sales tax rates (on top of state sales tax), which is part of the reason why it won’t be on the price tag. It’s just not practical.

Universities often have subscriptions to those services. Maybe you can ask a someone at one to download them.

Usually this would be through their library and require them to log in to do it, so don’t redistribute them if you get a copy.