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"if that's true, the right fix isn't to pass APT's broken units on to the user"
No, apt's units are correct. .deb file units are correct too, and consistent with apt and derivatives, except that the symbol in GDebi should use lowercase k.
"the right fix is to convert kB into KiB, and display KiB."
No, KiB isn't appropriate for file sizes. Users expect to see thousands in this context. KiB is for things like memory and disk sectors that are inherently powers of two.