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[-] [email protected] 298 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 122 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 46 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 5 days ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago

The real download button only shows up after 30 seconds.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

The file name looks like a link, it’s at least a slightly different color than the other text.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

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.

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