I will never touch MEGA download again. I've spent half an hour battling "temporary error" messages, intermittent download speeds, constant freezing, and disappearing files on three different browsers used in every setting imaginable. I was ready to fling my laptop out of the window.
But then I gave up, and installed their download manager... And lo! Download speed jumped from under 100 kbps to 1 Mbps, completing the download safely in a few minutes.
So, in case that isn't clear enough, I utterly despise 1st party download managers. That includes every variant of the "faster/secure/ad-free downloads if you register/sign up/donate/support/pay/use our download" pitch. We're sorry, but you must wait 64 hours before trying to download again UNLESS you get our premium benefit membership for only $5 a month -- Warning! If you press the "free download" button, you will suffer a long and painful download! See how the speedometer's red? Upgrade to premium now, where everything is green! Or simply use our COMPLETELY FREE download manager, where we're only install thirty-six different pieces of adware if you're not careful and thirty-five even if you actually are.
All of it complete and utter BS.