they bundle adware (you have to uncheck the boxes during installation). They also have an adware-free installer.

https://support.jdownloader.org/Knowledgebase/Article/View/adware-during-installation

Proton responded to the Tesonet thing when that was a big issue, can’t remember what was said but I was satisfied enough with their response to continue using them

Awesome - So is there anything I need to make note of when downloading or can I just download everything and figure out what I need for decryption later?

ok? that doesn’t mean we can’t criticise/boycott/protest because of them