This is a DuckTip I'll adapt. Even after 4 minutes of watching some bloke in an animal nighty put tape on wood, I'm going to do this, really!
I'm a big DS tape user, mainly masonite templates for pattern routing. I've become fairly deft at getting the backer lifted with the tip of an Exacto knife I always have handy, just like I keep my 6" rules handy (i.e. meaning lost somewhere on the table top).
Same type of tape, super thin wax paper-esque backer. Sucks to peel. You may have given me back 100 hours of the rest of my life otherwise spent picking at DS tape backing 8^)