Should thumb and HDD be ejected before removal?

[slackercruster]

I have always just pulled them out of the USB port. Someone told me I should eject them first.

Does it make a difference?

Thanks

 

[AlienMenace]

You should eject them because if the drive is not done the writing you could lose the data.

 

[beers]

The default Windows 10 action was changed recently for quick removal:
https://www.cnet.com/news/yank-out-that-usb-drive-in-windows-10-without-ejecting-first/

I'd still do it since you are telling the OS to finish any open writes prior to unmounting.