Guwahati, Oct. 4 -- You can open a TeraBox share link and save the file in a web browser, without installing the app or creating an account.

A web-based downloader only needs the public share link, and it works the same way on phones and computers.

Free TeraBox accounts come with ads and slower downloads, so the official app is still the better choice for some jobs.

TeraBox gives every free account 1TB of cloud storage. Google Drive offers 15GB and Dropbox offers 2GB, so it is easy to see why TeraBox has become a common way to pass around large videos. Its links now turn up in WhatsApp groups, Telegram channels and email.

Opening one of those links is less convenient. On a phone, the share page usually asks you to install the app or s...