var urlManualDownload = "https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/51bc18ac-0594-412d-bd63-18ece4c91ac4/90b47b97c3bfe40a833791b166697e67/windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.3-win-x64.exe";
var urlSetup = "https://aka.ms/dotnet/8.0/windowsdesktop-runtime-win-x64.exe";
perf.first();
var b1 = internet.http.Get(urlManualDownload).Bytes();
perf.next();
var b2 = internet.http.Get(urlSetup).Bytes();
perf.nw();
print.it(b1.Length, b2.Length, b1.SequenceEqual(b2));
On my computer the download times are the same. What are your results?