These sites are meticulously designed to force you into paying for premium access to download files. They have it down to such a fine art people actually make videos on youtube demonstrating how to download files for free from sites like MegaUpload.
After following a download link:
1) enter captcha in top right
2) on the next screen you'll enjoy a forced delay of a minute unless you click one of the many routes to a premium, paid account
3) after the timer finishes a save button will appear, click on that and you'll trigger the download dialogue from your browser unless... free users may only download one file at a time so if you are already downloading a file you'll get a message about now telling you to start again after your other file finishes. If it's a big file you're downloading you'll especially appreciate the capped download speed because you had the audacity to maneuver around their premium account funnel instead of paying to receive a file someone is sharing
You'd have to be delusional, or in torrentfreak's case pandering for ad impressions, to pretend anyone would bother putting their friends, family and colleagues through all those hoops when they have email, skype, msn, dropbox, yahoo, free hosting, $1 hosting, $2 hosting, $3 hosting, $4 hosting and so many other, easier options available for non-pirated content.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO1JabWsVTQ
After following a download link:
1) enter captcha in top right
2) on the next screen you'll enjoy a forced delay of a minute unless you click one of the many routes to a premium, paid account
3) after the timer finishes a save button will appear, click on that and you'll trigger the download dialogue from your browser unless... free users may only download one file at a time so if you are already downloading a file you'll get a message about now telling you to start again after your other file finishes. If it's a big file you're downloading you'll especially appreciate the capped download speed because you had the audacity to maneuver around their premium account funnel instead of paying to receive a file someone is sharing
You'd have to be delusional, or in torrentfreak's case pandering for ad impressions, to pretend anyone would bother putting their friends, family and colleagues through all those hoops when they have email, skype, msn, dropbox, yahoo, free hosting, $1 hosting, $2 hosting, $3 hosting, $4 hosting and so many other, easier options available for non-pirated content.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO1JabWsVTQ