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You can also setup custom dirs, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_user_directories
All of mine (except Desktop) point to "$HOME/downloads"
Im halfway to grey beard at this point but didn't know this. Thanks.
That's because modern desktops (looking at you, Gnome) have decided that discoverability isn't worth their time. They want empty, pretty interfaces with minimal functionality.
I use gnome and love it so not sure how that at all even relates here.
It's completely irrelevant to your de.