Group buy for Internet download manager
- Thread starter grenade0
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nRiTeCh
Oracle
Awaiting others to spoil your plans by suggesting Jdownloader and rant further..
grenade0
Beginner
I have no idea about JDownloader, does it performs similarly to IDM. Like a download option pops up when you see a video or listen to an audio.
Wolfi3
Contributor
grenade0
Beginner
We are against anything that can land us in legal trouble.
If the TOS clearly state that account sharing is illegal then avoid such threads. Not worth the trouble.
If the TOS clearly state that account sharing is illegal then avoid such threads. Not worth the trouble.
kartikoli
Innovator
captivating
Forerunner
grenade0
Beginner
buzz88
Forerunner
Not the person you asked, but I'll take the ques because I am one of those users who used IDM extensively in the past but don't see the need anymore. I started off with DAP or Download Accelerator Plus, it was IDM before the IDM. Back then downloads were extremely slow as most browsers were inefficient af and weren't designed with this usecase in mind, I am talking about single digit kbps. E.g. a single MP3 file of 3-5 mb would take almost an hour or so to download. I remember I had downloaded the trailer of the Kingkong 2005 movie, it almost took me 2-3 hours or more and then it couldn't be played and I had to download some obscure flash video player.
So yeah, a dedicated downloader was necessary because the downloads in browsers kept breaking and were not resumable. DAP and IDM would download over multiple threads and were faster than inbrowser downloads. They would often also support resuming. These days I rarely download stuff outside of torrent. Torrents are handled by qBittorrent.
Even if I need to download a big file like a Linux ISO, I don't see my downloads breaking and inbrowser downloads are just as fast too. 2-3 gb iso downloads in under 5-10 mins for me over 200 mpbs connection. If I occasionally need to download something as big as 10gb or more, I would use FDM, it's a free alternative to IDM and works well enough for my usecase. It's missing some features but I don't seem them as important.
kartikoli
Innovator
FDM old version was better then they spoiled it, don't know how it is now but as you said who needs a dedicated download manager in 2024 browsers can handle anything easily even a 15gb file can be downloaded in 10~15 min. DAP was pretty good but I was introduced to JD so it was FDM + JD all the way.