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Millennial here. The true answer is None Of The Above. The actual download button is just a blue link somewhere on the page, probably among all of the torrent info.
This is the correct answer. It might also be the filename shown. If you can put your cursor over that it might become underlined. All big Download buttons are not to be trusted.
It always irked me back in the day when cnet was still a useful source because they modeled their buttons that way. Then they eventually became the garbage the site appeared to be at first glance.
Came here to say this. Closest onscreen would probably be the grey “Download or Watch” button not trying to get your attention in any way.
“or watch” is a red flag.
Yeah, the yellow link above that is more likely due to that, the shape is also a bit unusual.
But that’s why the link preview text exist.
The real download button only shows up after 30 seconds.
The file name looks like a link, it’s at least a slightly different color than the other text.
Gen Z here. I usually look for the magnet link to copy paste into my torrent client. I think that bypasses the download button problem.
I might be biased against that from the ages of dialup, where torrenting almost always ended up failing if you also seeded, but you felt guilty if you leeched.
Stop. Install your favorite ad blocker, like ublock origin. Refresh.
Work smarter not harder
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YEA! We just kept closing popups till we got the right one!!!
I remember that time. Unlock saved me. Now every time I borrow a computer I have ten or 20 seconds to find the “right button” knowledge from the depth of my mind.
That moment of panic when a DOS window appears and then disappears.
Time to unplug the network cable, reboot to safe mode, and dig out that copy of Malwarebytes Antimalware.
No lie, this is how I learnt keyboard hotkeys as a kid. I’d click middle mouse to open a link on the site in a new tab, with my hand ready to go on Ctrl + W. The nanosecond I detected a fake site, I’d closer that sucker and move onto the next link.
Oh boy did I bring a lot of viruses on my computer in the process in the name of efficiency & greed (& hefty amount of stupidity).
About 2 years ago I spent most of a Christmas sorting out my MIL’s new laptop, uninstalling junk and whatnot, and I tossed ublock origin on there. A few days ago I came back to sort out the Realtek audio drivers which uninstalled themselves via Windows Update. I find she has an entirely different laptop now, branded as"Acemagic" but through the magic of forced Microsoft Sign-in ublock origin synced to Edge on this new laptop, and there was no crapware installed despite the laptop clearly being in use for about 6 months already!
TL;DR install ublock origin on your parents computers to save yourself some trouble down the line
If you didn’t give your parents computer, digital syphilis are you really a millennial?
Install Radarr and avoid torrent websites completely.
Why was it ever disabled to start with?
Every time a dodgy site has asked me to disable it, it still doesn’t work, and now you have a bunch of tracking cookies and has to look at ads for other porn sites.
The button of a carpenter.
Beat me to it
The ones that don’t say “advertisement” under… as a gen z that commits regular piracy
There are 3 “downloads” there without advertisement written under them. Just use the most basic looking button, it’s like how the holy grail is the most plain looking one.
That or just use devtools/inspect elements.
It looks like 3 actually have advertisement under them. Gross
How do dev tools help? As a web dev, I know that easily may provide no valuable info
You can check if a button is just a link to
www.freerobbux.ru(I hope that’s not a real site)
Can’t you just hover over it with your mouse?
Yeah, that works too
Inspect the element and check the url to see its destination. It’s not perfect but it usually shows what links go to unknown sites.
But that assume it’s not a form or javascript driven button. I would agree if you say both of those methods are sketchier, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t legit for sure.
Maybe they aren’t legit, but I have had success using these methods.
Edited my comment as I thought I was replying to the other guy.
I’m saying your method can work but also just because you don’t see a link that looks right, it’s not necessarily proof of malfeasance. Could just be a weird web dev choice, or a concerted effort to keep other services from scraping links from their page. Which maybe you already know, just adding that for anyone who does not know.
I’m saying your method can work but also just because you don’t see a link that looks right, it’s not necessarily proof of malfeasance.
True, but with as many links as the post has it’s a good way to narrow down your options, plus I assume every link on a site like this is probably malicious in some way; no risk no reward I guess.
And in situations where this method doesn’t work I can just revert to the ole’ holy grail strategy (which is clearly perfect in every way).
No matter where you click, it’ll open some pop-unders for the first few clicks.
In the very top right of the browser window, there should be a little ‘X’ button. That’s the one you wanna click.
Trick question, the link is a plain blue hyoerlink near the bottom of the page you haven’t scrolled to yet
Or the download is already under way, and started once you arrived at the page
Starts after a 25 second delay
Not if you’re a premium user!
The vanilla HTML button on the bottom
“Download or watch” implies that is a link to a streaming service.
It’s a trick question. This window is a pop-up
But only the first click
Install an adblocker and take the guesswork away, but likely the orange one at the bottom.
It’s actually the one below that. It says “Download or watch”
“or watch” part is still pretty sus
True, but I take it as lazy programming. If it’s a file then download if it’s a video depending on your browser and any extensions/plugins it would essentially stream it instead of download. But true it’s still sus.
I’d say the same if I had to pick, although they all look pretty shady lol
An adblock doesn’t necessarily help here. Those work by blocking pictures from being loaded from domains that usually serve ads. Here, they’re likely hosting the download link images on their own server, but they’ll send you someplace you don’t want to go.
non, you wait for the donwload to start automatically, if not, update all your adblocks and try the button with no url when you hover over it
alt-f4
Or just close the tab.
Look at all the peasants with no arrs.
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