This standard makes your software's paths user-configurable, giving users a choice.
And if I don't agree with how that standard is implemented? I should have the choice to use something else. Isn't that how everything works?
You can of course not give users a choice. And a lot of applications do their own thing, having their own variables like GOPATH or a cli option like --config or some way to do that in a config file like Idea IDEs. But implementing XDG from start is miles simpler for all parties, it's good practice to have your paths and variables somewhat organized in code anyway.
This standard makes your software's paths user-configurable, giving users a choice.
And if I don't agree with how that standard is implemented? I should have the choice to use something else. Isn't that how everything works?
You can of course not give users a choice. And a lot of applications do their own thing, having their own variables like
GOPATHor a cli option like--configor some way to do that in a config file like Idea IDEs. But implementing XDG from start is miles simpler for all parties, it's good practice to have your paths and variables somewhat organized in code anyway.