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JDownloader2 asking for donations to keep it "free of advertising" while showing an ad on the same screen (feddit.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Lemmchen@feddit.org to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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It also says "free of installer bundles" while (at least in past, don't know about now) their default windows installer was including ads (source)

P.S.: If you want to disable the in-app ads, here's how to: https://gist.github.com/yunooooo/87564a0293a1c7a53fb3e233a604c638

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[-] eric@lemmy.ca 76 points 2 weeks ago

I wrote a blog post about how to remove the ads and enable dark mode for JDownloder2 here.

[-] StarlightDust 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You can also get it to use your KDE theme if that is more your thing

Edit: gtk theme, not kde

[-] eric@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

How?

[-] StarlightDust 1 points 1 day ago

I was mistaken and said KDE rather than GTK theme but you just need to add this add an environment variable before the operator on the desktop shortcut file and it should work

_JAVA_OPTIONS="-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on -Dswing.aatext=true -Dswing.defaultlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel -Dswing.crossplatformlaf=com.sun.java.swing.plaf.gtk.GTKLookAndFeel ${_JAVA_OPTIONS}"

[-] eric@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I didn't know that. I'll try that and maybe make an edit and mention of it in that blog post

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 18 points 2 weeks ago

Oh nice, dark mode. Thanks

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks I just did that right now. It's so nice having the Ad banners gone, and also a nice and well functioning dark mode too.

[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 55 points 2 weeks ago

Well, they are still the most versatile download tool in existence... And not like you guys are downloading legal stuff with that

[-] zabadoh@ani.social 17 points 2 weeks ago

JDownloader is a tool whose continued development is well worth supporting.

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 weeks ago

Yup.
The annoyance from dealing with those crappy file hosters alone is enough to send them a couple bucks.

[-] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Jdownloader2.

Everyone has that one asshole friend. He's ours.

[-] xnx@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

Is there still no open source replacement?

[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

oh there are plenty such. kget, aria2, uget, and motrix off the top of my head. but people use jdownloader for the same reason they use windows -- it's what they know.

[-] Syer10@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 weeks ago

More like JDownloader supports almost every download host website in existence without any hoops. Most other applications just support standard http downloads which may be difficult to use with many websites.

[-] TableteKarcioji@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I suppose it's a bit of a "hoop," but what I use to download files with curl, aria2, or wget is a Firefox add-on "cliget" (I’m not sure if there’s a Chrome version). You click a link in the browser to download, and it generates a command for these programs to emulate a browser download. I don’t use it all the time, but I do for large files or slow downloads. Since these programs are CLI-based, I can run them on my server and let them work for as long as needed.

I guess it's still not an option for people who download a lot using direct downloads, but still just putting it out there as an option for people like me.

[-] Comexs@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

I personally use AB Download Manager. It isn't as good as jdownload but work good enough for me.

[-] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

Same shit different software. I'm still using that turd Filezilla because literally no other FTP software I've tried has worked with the server run by WiiU homebrew.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

It doesn't have ads on linux. I like it.

[-] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

I still don't trust it given what the devs have done and how they responded to the community.

[-] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've only ever used it to move files to and from... yeah, hacked consoles.

If they can make off with my gold before sunset with that information, more power to them.

[-] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

The concern isn't so much them directly taking your money or info, but rather accepting money to enable someone else to.

Basically, they've been bundling ads with their installer for years, but several years back, whatever ad service they used without a care decided to start shipping spyware as well, in addition to the already existent deceptive patterns used in the installer.

You'd expect any good dev to be pissed if something like this got into their software, right? Well, they were pissed... at the users. The stupid, stupid users and cyber security researchers who dared to say this was a problem. They refused to acknowledge the problem, made excuses, removed discussions about it on their forums and tried to act like it wasn't a big deal even if there was malware because they also offer a download without the malware, provided as a nice, tiny link on a separate page.

[-] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Oh, I'm not defending them. I have no sense of software loyalty. They aren't the only ftp game in town by a longshot.

[-] xnx@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

WiiU homebrew?

[-] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, there's a module for the modern custom firmware that runs an ftp server in the background for file access. Let's you manage things, add homebrew, install games, etc without constantly swapping the SD card. For whatever reason, though, GNOME commander can't connect at all and gFTP disconnects immediately when trying to make a transfer.

[-] Dhs92@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago

Why not use free download manager instead?

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Does that one have something like Click'nLoad and a Browser add-on or app to allow for it when the Downloader is running on a remote machine? Can it run on my server and be accessed through a browser or said app?

Does it handle various hosters including debrid?