I've never seen anybody use these trashy preset directories as intended. Experienced users ignore them or delete them, using their own directory structure instead. Inexperienced users use one of them (usually Downloads or Desktop) while the others are treated as write-sometimes/read-never; e.g. sometimes they accidentally have files saved to those other directories which may as well be that file disappearing into the void never to be seen again.
These presets only serve to confuse or at best annoy. These directories were well-intentioned originally but proved to be a huge mistake. They need to go away.
(Edit: The above rant applies only to Downloads/Music/Video/etc. I think ~/.config and ~/.local are fine. I have no problem using those as intended, and I've seen plenty of other people using them too.)
These presets only serve to confuse or at best annoy. These directories were well-intentioned originally but proved to be a huge mistake. They need to go away.
(Edit: The above rant applies only to Downloads/Music/Video/etc. I think ~/.config and ~/.local are fine. I have no problem using those as intended, and I've seen plenty of other people using them too.)