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What happened to Android Download Managers? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I remember when I was younger, Download managers were talked about as a preferable thing to have installed, so downloads would be handled consistently/faster, especially with slow and choppy internet back then.

I realized today, that I haven't really used one in a long time on my phone.

What happened?

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[โ€“] 22 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Folks realized that most of them were malware or adware. And that they were never actually necessary.

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