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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'll go with the small red download button in the middle.

It could be the very bottom one, but it probably says advertisement under that and it's just been cropped out.

But even the correct button is likely to launch you into a popup to try and get you to download a "downloader" of some description, as if that's not literally the sole function of a fucking web browser, and then suddenly you've been taken to livejasmin.com or a sketchy gambling site targetted at Asians.

[–] Microw@piefed.zip 4 points 3 days ago

Same, small red one in the middle makes the most sense if it is one of those buttons at all

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 days ago

None of them.

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

I don't see the tiny blue link, so probably none.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

My grandma told me to click them all until one works.

Adblock, also if you're not sure you can inspect element

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As a millenial: i have no idea. I haven't seen ads on a download page in such a long time. Really takes me back...

[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 days ago

It's still prevalent, even with uBlock, if you try to pirate from direct-download sites.

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

🧲 links ftw, simply ctrl-u ctrl-f magnet:

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[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Kobiyashi Maru it

[–] SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

None of them.

The bottom one downloads malware.

The rest of them are the malware itself if you dare to click.

[–] callouscomic@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is why they said "you wouldn't download a movie." Because it's a risky click.

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[–] luxliminal@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago

A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

[–] ddplf@szmer.info 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As an early Z - I certainly didn't expect so many people here to struggle with it so much.

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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 5 points 3 days ago

The most plain looking one, or the one left after AdBlock has hidden all the rest. Or depending on the site and how far into it you've clicked, potentially none of them because it'll start automatically after a few moments in some places.

[–] es_eskaliert@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'd say you'd have to click the file name to download the file.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The real download link is loading.

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