Download.com

Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2011–2019), in 5 threads.

People raised many different problems with Download.com, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 8 complaints

Father clicks banner ad that looks like a button instead of the real download button2019-01-02
Adware warning is a confusing wall of text non-technical users won't read2016-02-12
Many confusing download buttons and installers that silently install extra malware2016-02-12
Users can't tell which installer checkboxes or offers are harmful versus normal2015-01-13
Ad banners and fake download buttons make it easy to grab the wrong installer2015-01-13
Installers are so confusing that users can't avoid installing unwanted bundled software2015-01-13
Hidden extra software offers buried in walls of text, with only accept or decline buttons2014-02-03
Accidentally installs an unwanted toolbar when downloading a PDF printer2011-08-26