Ubuntu
xdg-user-dirs package

  1. Bug #204567
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 204567

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Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense) wrote : Re: downloads should go to $HOME/Downloads : XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR should be set to "$HOME/Downloads"

I agree with this. It's a usability bug, so I change the status to low.
The solution has already been written down clearly, so the bug can be marked as Triaged.