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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.