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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€“] 3 points 4 months ago

I mean, there's still some download managers around, for example:

But yeah, I imagine this functionality is now largely integrated into the apps that want to trigger the download. The advanced downloading functionality can just be a library and then the respective apps just need to strap a UI on top.

The only real advantage of a dedicated app, is that the other app's APK size can be smaller, which isn't too big of a deal anymore.

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