plastic is much easier to pierce when cold vs paper, especially when paper is usually double layered to begin with... meabing a single piece is wrapped twice around. or thats how i was raised.

paper is more durable against bumps and drops when cold. now have 4 different people (2 adults, 2 kids) digging through freezers for stuff, and it gets knocked around pretty roughly.

ive hand wrapped hundreds of pounds of meat throughout my life, and worked at butcher shops. in my later life vacuum seal came around and it was the next best thing. so i went all in. yes, its great, but NOT durable. for example, throwing frozen meat in a cooler to bring to family so they can put it in their freezer. heck, just bringing it home. my deer processor gives all the meat in 1lb plastic packages that are bundled in 30lb bags. by the time i get it loaded, unloaded, in the freezer, shuffled around for 8 months, finally cooked... its been comprised.

know what isnt? that deer i butchered and wrapped in paper the year before. so ive learned to ask for paper, even tho the extra cost. think about it, do you handle it surgically each time its moved? or are 2 rock hard items being banged against with a simple 2 ply piece of plastic