I remember using download managers back in the day, and by "back in the day" I mean dial-up (and maybe early DSL). I liked being able to pause downloads and possibly split them up using multiple connections.

Nowadays, are download managers even needed anymore? At least for me, the internet is fast enough that I don't need a separate download manager, plus browsers support the pausing (and maybe multiple connections?) feature already.

I'm just curious why someone would need to use JDownloader.

EDIT: I hadn't thought about "warez" sites in a while and sites like megaupload where you had to wait for a timer. Those are totally "valid" uses for a downloader like this, thanks.

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dawnerd an hour ago | parent | next [-]

There's quite a lot of legit uses still. And also, it's not about speed, if I'm on a hotel wifi I don't want firefox giving up if I have multiple files queued up from my file server. Sure, browsers support pause/resume but they also fail pretty hard on spotty connections. With jdownloader you just set it and it'll do it's thing.

Also nice if you're manually downloading game mods, some are hosted on file lockers that make you wait so many minutes. Again, jdownloader was built for that.

I also say that as someone that really can't stand jdownloader, but the alternatives are... not great. Surge, the tui, is nice if you're just doing regular ol' http downloads.

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garyfirestorm 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The ‘scene’ or warez sites are still up and running. Sharing cracked softwares, movies shows etc. through file hosting services. If say you wanted a Blu-ray movie with Dolby atmos sizing near 10 gig. Then you’d queue the file sharing site download links in jdownloader and let it automatically manage these downloads for you.

	▲	nticompass 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I guess it's been a while since I used those type of sites. I admit that I used to, and I do remember those sites like megaupload or whatever that had a timer.
	▲	parhamn 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		This sent me down memory lane, what happened to warez-bb!

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RandomGerm4n 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There are still warez sites that upload content in RAR archives, which are then split into individual parts. A download manager can then download them all one after another instead of having to do it manually. There are also hosting sites with weird CAPTCHAs or various waiting times.

	▲	wongarsu 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Dealing with all kinds of weird download sites is the main selling point for me. It's not just warez, you run into them in all kinds of weird places where a nontechnical person needs to share files with a larger audience (google drive etc only works for small audiences), or where somebody decides to monetize by making a couple cents off your download. With JDownloader you just throw the link in there, and the software deals with mandatory wait times, captchas, throttled downloads, "you exceeded your downloads for today, come back in 24 hours", etc. JDownloader makes sure it eventually succeeds without me having to baby-sit the process
	▲	nticompass 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Fair enough. I do remember using those sites back in the day, and the `.rar.000`, `.rar.001` file lists (or was it `.part1.rar`, `.part2.rar`?). I guess I haven't visited or thought about those sites in a while.

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aqua_coder 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not everyone have fast enough networks, there are places where people find it lucky to download something that is more than 2 GiBs without finding it to fail suddenly.

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kogasa240p 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Used it once to pirate Infinity Train because someone put the episodes on MEGA.

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rvnx 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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