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submitted 9 months ago by mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Despite it being one of the most popular and feature rich download managers out there and it being foss, it seems that most repos don't have it ( except for flahub iirc) Is there is any reason behind that?

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[-] mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

it’s a continous arms race between them and the websites

i thought of that too but youtube-dl and yt-dlp still exists in most repos

jdownloader has a self updating function

maybe i mean the program is written in fucking java, i don't know of any other mainstream program that uses java outside of minecraft.

[-] LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 9 months ago

Well, I think all Jetbrains software is written in Java...?

[-] mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

Jetbrains

well i meant software that even non developers uses

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Java is pretty common, moreso in enterprise but still, it's not like it's some unknown language lmfao

[-] milk@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 9 months ago

Most android apps?

[-] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

i thought of that too but youtube-dl and yt-dlp still exists in most repos

And if you're distro isn't one that pushes out fast updates, then neither will work consistently.

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