Howdy @dvbels,
Thank you so much for sharing this sentiment!
If you look at the URL for your review, it ends in /requires-jetpack-4/
—which definitely means that you aren’t the first person to share this feedback with us.
We are working with our engineering team to remove the standalone Jetpack requirement for WooCommerce Shipping & Tax. If you’re into the technical aspect of this, you can review this pull request that covers some of the initial exploration of removing this requirement.
We don’t have a firm timeline for this change, but I know that this is something that a lot of folks have been asking for. I hope that it will ship (pun intended) soon ??