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?
Folks realized that most of them were malware or adware. And that they were never actually necessary.
Yep, ever since I saw them in popups on hosting sites or gatekeeping downloads behind some shady .exe, I’ve associated them with malware and adware.