tweet. "okay non millennials, if you're so smart, which one is the right button to download a movie?" image of various 'download now' buttons on a webpage
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[–] 292 points 1 year ago (7 children)

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.

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  • [–] 121 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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