Why does a dl.dropboxusercontent.com download link behave differently?

[Herb N.1]

A friend and I share mp3 files through dropbox though I use dropbox.cm and he uses dl.dropboxusercontent.com. The link I send him looks and behaves differently than the one he sends me. He gets a button to download the file while his link opens Windows Media Player and I must go through a few more steps to download the file. This is non-copyrighted material, by the way. The only way to get his link when clicked is to add a suffix with the characters - ?dl=0 to the end of the link. What gives with this?

[Walter]

That's correct, yes @tanosaur 

Let me  know if you have anything else to ask!

[Aplha7878]

Can i make a direct download link for my dropbox files by using dl.dropboxusercontent.com in place of www.dropbox.com

Is it ok for dropbox if i share my files this way

[Rich]

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@Aplha7878 wrote:

Can i make a direct download link for my dropbox files by using dl.dropboxusercontent.com in place of www.dropbox.com

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Are you having a problem creating a direct download link? Creating a shared link now uses the dropbox.com domain. The dropboxusercontent.com domain, while still functional for files that use it, is no longer used to create new links to files. That method of sharing was deprecated years ago.

• https://help.dropbox.com/share/force-download