AutoClick Feature of JDownloader works as following. Open the browser and wait few seconds, then take screenshot and search for the Recaptcha click area and auto click on it. Screenshot is needed so JDownloader knows where to click. You can disable this feature, see https://support.jdownloader.org/de/knowledgebase/article/jd-opens-my-browser-to-display-captchas

On Linux, JDownloader creates screenshot to find out the color of tray area so it can try to find it's tray icon and calculate the correct background color for transparency. You see the JDownloader icon having white background. You can disable this via Settings->Advanced Settings->Tray.gnometrayicontransparentenabled

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[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 61 points 6 months ago (2 children)

According to the audiosex forums (wait wha-), you downloaded the official adware version. Download it from https://jdownloader.org/jdownloader2 or your distro to get the official ad-free version. Note the "2" at the end of the URL.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 17 points 6 months ago

I got curious and looked at the flathub source at https://github.com/flathub/org.jdownloader.JDownloader/blob/master/org.jdownloader.JDownloader.yaml

It downloads the official jd2 installer. So that's not it. I asked on Reddit as well and got the official answer. It's for clicking CAPTCHAs.

[–] zer0squar3d@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 6 months ago

This.

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Warning: I'm not sufficiently familiar with jdownloader to offer this explanation with any certainty, but...

If you're using it to rip streamed content, is it possible that instead of ripping the stream directly it screen records and re-encodes it itself in order to bypass end-to-end security features?

I'm not saying that's the case here, just that it's a plausible explanation.