>I don't care, why is it not Cmd-X? Why do they break the universal standard with this?
Because there's no "universal standard". There's mac (which did UI/folders/etc before Windows), Windows, and there's X and modern Linux desktops which came late to the game and (especially traditional X) didn't have any consistent way to do this (or even oferred it).
Well... yeah kinda but not only. Windows does some things better, and it seems like a good idea to copy good UX paradigms wherever they come from. Also for some of these your answere is "why do you want to do this?" or "use some obscure keyboard magic". I want to because I want to. Sometimes I'm in a folder and want to create a specific file because it fits my current workflow. I don't always do it, but sometimes I need to.
>Copy as regularly (Cmd-C), and use Option-Cmd-V to move the file where you want to.
I don't care, why is it not Cmd-X? Why do they break the universal standard with this?