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rjbull:
Would Last Freeware Version count?

I see it's "powered by" FREEWARE GUIDE, which I have not investigated.

BGM:
Alternative To offers alternative solutions to a lot of mainstream apps
-Target (August 17, 2019, 02:06 AM)
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The problem with this site is that the data is often stale, and the alternatives are usually not available anymore or the links are dead.  Sometimes the "alternatives" aren't matched so well.  That's my opinion, anyway.  I've not had great success with it.

BGM:
One thing that places a black eye on Download.com in my regard is the practice of wrapping installers in their own installer.
-wraith808 (August 08, 2019, 12:11 PM)
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Yeah, I really hate wrappers like this, and I immediately abandon all such sites.

BGM:
What about FileHippo?  You can bang it with DuckDuckGo: 
--- Code: Text ---!fh whateverappyoulike
I use this site quite often to download full-installers for mainstream programs so I don't have to go find their dumb download links.  It's the easiest way, IMHO to get Firefox or any M$ application.  You can also choose what version you want!  You do have to use an ad-blocker on it, however, or it's really annoying.

Here's the page to download different versions of Vivaldi.

Steven Avery:
Our last thread touching on these questions:

MakeUseOf: 9 Cleanest & Safest Websites to Download Free Software for Windows
Nov, 2016 - UPDATED 2019
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=42621

MakeUseOf included Donationcoder, as did this 2018 list:

7 Website to Download Risk Free Software [100% Working Links]
Aug, 2018
https://medium.com/@filehippo57/7-website-to-download-risk-free-software-100-working-links-e0d52668325b

8 Safe Websites for Downloading Windows Software
May, 2019
https://www.maketecheasier.com/websites-download-windows-software/
Good comments section, however sans Donationcoder so far
 

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Freeware Files
https://www.freewarefiles.com/ - may be worthy, but does it really care about shamware?

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Filehippo is mentioned at times for archiving old versions, which leads to old version sites like:

Last Freeware Version
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/

Old Version
http://www.oldversion.com/

However, we may be going back too many years, and it is a specialty need.

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