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Won't download mp4 or some images

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Since the new update I'm running into more and more image and video files I used to be able to download and now Firefox won't let me. Is this my issue or has something in Firefox changed?

Since the new update I'm running into more and more image and video files I used to be able to download and now Firefox won't let me. Is this my issue or has something in Firefox changed?

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Okay

Do you have a link to that page (that hopefully does not require an account) so that I can look into what is happening?

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Hi

What happens when you long press on the download link? Do you see the option to save the file?

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No, I get a banner message from Firefox that it is not able to download the file type.

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Okay

Do you have a link to that page (that hopefully does not require an account) so that I can look into what is happening?

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For the example posted I just did a Google search for album covers and long pressed the image and selected save image, some will download most will not.