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maliciousonion@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

Download Navi hasn't been updated in 3 years. Will it be a security risk if I keep using it? Are there any good alternatives if it is a risk?

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Download Navi hasn't been updated in 3 years. Will it be a security risk if I keep using it? Are there any good alternatives if it is a risk?

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maliciousonion@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • iii@mander.xyz
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    Looks like the author is still active and looking for funding: https://github.com/TachibanaGeneralLaboratories/download-navi

    But development seems to have stopped indeed. There is a fork, with new developers, that is actively being worked on: https://github.com/Davilarek/download-navi

    • SatyrSack@feddit.org
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      Not sure I would call that “active”. No activity in over a year. And even that was just changing a couple markdown files.

  • Kelly@lemmy.world
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    For offline software I wouldn’t consider it a problem, but for something that connects to the internet I would want it to have the latest versions of its dependencies.

    It looks like the dev has been updating their funding details recently, hopefully they have an update planned.

    https://github.com/TachibanaGeneralLaboratories/download-navi/commits/master/

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    I’ve always wondered what’s the use of a download manager, especially on a smartphone. What’s your use case?

    • Sudo Sodium @lemdro.id
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      I’ve always found download managers to be faster than browsers in downloading

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        Ok, but what do you download on your smartphone?

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          Movies , audiobooks ,rarely apks and PDFs

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