I think people are talking about "Click" differently.
- There is a click on the link on this page that leads to the webpage. Nothing is downloaded at this time.
- There is a click on the target webpage "Click to generate cartridge". Those who know what DX7 is, who are presumably a target audience, would understand this will generate a file.
For those who do not know what DX7 is or what's happening, well... why are you clicking in the first place - if you have no idea what'll happen, a file is a legitimate possibility;) - but I think mostly it'll differ whether they have "Always ask me where to download" (in which case it'll prompt for ___location), or "Always download in default folder", in which case yes indeed it'll download a file.
But at that point you've already clicked two times voluntarily on a strange page whose provenance or purpose you don't know, AND you have enabled "Don't ask me for downloads", AND you didn't bother to scroll down two millimeters for explanation but just clicked on first thing that said click me, soooooo... at some point it's no longer author's responsibility and the cries lose their credibility ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"But at that point you've already clicked two times voluntarily on a strange page whose provenance or purpose you don't know"
How many times have you clicked on an HN submission that you already knew 100% about? This site is for people to showcase their projects, of course curious visitors are expected to poke around.
This app looked like a single page - it's not at all obvious it's even possible to scroll down. It resizes to the browser window so the FAQ is always hidden unless you scroll. This is quite obviously based off "this face does not exist", so its perfectly reasonable to expect it to play something in the browser.
- There is a click on the link on this page that leads to the webpage. Nothing is downloaded at this time.
- There is a click on the target webpage "Click to generate cartridge". Those who know what DX7 is, who are presumably a target audience, would understand this will generate a file.
For those who do not know what DX7 is or what's happening, well... why are you clicking in the first place - if you have no idea what'll happen, a file is a legitimate possibility;) - but I think mostly it'll differ whether they have "Always ask me where to download" (in which case it'll prompt for ___location), or "Always download in default folder", in which case yes indeed it'll download a file.
But at that point you've already clicked two times voluntarily on a strange page whose provenance or purpose you don't know, AND you have enabled "Don't ask me for downloads", AND you didn't bother to scroll down two millimeters for explanation but just clicked on first thing that said click me, soooooo... at some point it's no longer author's responsibility and the cries lose their credibility ¯\_(ツ)_/¯