Why “downloaded” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
> People are going to buy their products anyway. My iPhone 14 Pro 1TB finally broke down too much to remain usable a couple of weeks ago. The screen shattered when the phone hit…
by QuantumNomad_ · Oct 20, 2026
there's some dumps on archive.org i worked on a project a long time ago and downloaded a bunch of it
by brokensegue · Oct 20, 2026
GrapheneOS is a privacy project and heavily improves it with important privacy protections including Contact Scopes, Storage Scopes, secure paste and much more. It preserves all…
by grapheneos · Oct 20, 2026
Why preorder a downloaded game
by matt3210 · Oct 20, 2026
> Drupal CMS is working to solve some of this We've been hearing this for years. On the Drupal site, it says it's a trial and makes you register to download it. Last time I down…
by JohnTHaller · Oct 20, 2026
Meta tries to scapegoat staff who downloaded torrents to spare execs
by pseudolus · Oct 20, 2026 · 13 points
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "downloaded" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "downloaded" over time.
In computer networks, download means to receive data from a remote system, typically a server such as a web server, an FTP server, an email server, or other similar systems. This contrasts with uploading, where data is sent to a remote system. Read more on Wikipedia