Change My Mind: /tmp/ is Better than Downloads/

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Like me, I'm sure 90% of the stuff you download doesn't need to be saved permanently and just gathers dust until the next time you clean up Downloads/.

Why not account for this by setting /tmp/ as your default save location, so that files are deleted after every restart...

That's where I curl + unzip packages as well as git cloning repos from GitHub. I manually move the binary onto $PATH let the rest pile up, knowing it'll be wiped in due time. Test drive it for a week or two and see if works for you as well.