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Who uses BitTorrent anymore? There's a swath of other torrent clients out there that are superior to it.

by Adamantcheese 8y ago

samueldavid 8y ago
uTorrent FTW
- spacewrangler 8y ago
  qBittorrent is much better
  - tmikaeld 8y ago
    Transmission is betterst
    - saagarjha 8y ago
      Transmission is great but they lost a lot of trust when they started distributing malware from their website.
      - cremp 8y ago
        And twice at that.
      - ambicapter 8y ago
        link? Because the only time I can think of is when their website got hacked and the developers sent out notice as soon as they found out.
        saagarjha 8y ago
        That’s it. As a sibling comment mentioned, I did not phrase that well.
      - ballenf 8y ago
        That's a very disingenuous phrasing. They were hacked. Maybe (probably) due to bad security practices, but they didn't intentionally distribute malware.
        saagarjha 8y ago
        You’re right. I’d edit my comment, but it looks like I can’t anymore.
    - Uberphallus 8y ago
      rTorrent + tmux is my poison
    - amyjess 8y ago
      I used to use Transmission, but I gave up on it because of UI/settings issues. I've since switched to KTorrent.
  - deleted 8y ago
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  - squarefoot 8y ago
    Though I use Transmission on my NAS4Free box, which I control remotely through the excellent transgui program (https://github.com/transmission-remote-gui/transgui https://github.com/transmission-remote-gui/transgui) I also install qBittorrent to all Windows/Linux users asking for a client for it being very stable and consistent among platforms, the latter very important for newbies, but I see now they're porting Transmission to Windows as well. Good! I don't consider closed source clients for security reasons, or bloated ones (Vuze etc.) because I'd rather use a spare GB of RAM to make a filesystem more snappy than to load a Java environment that eats alone half the resources of a small server.
  - slfnflctd 8y ago
    Last I heard, Deluge was the preferred minimalist client. I've never noticed much difference between the ones I've tried other than that some have ads. Performance seems to be pretty much the same across the board.
    - Latty 8y ago
      I wouldn't called Deluge minimalist - that's Transmission. Deluge is more of a power-tool, albeit one most people can use happily. The big thing that I like is that you can use the desktop GUI (GTK) client with a remote daemon doing the actual downloading. Plenty of them have web-clients (Deluge does as well), but it's nice using the proper GUI. Other than that, it has all of the usual tools you'd want from a client.
  - NVRM 8y ago
    qBittorrent is much better
- sp332 8y ago
  Doesn't uTorrent have ads? I use deluge because I like having a headless back-end part.
- shp0ngle 8y ago
  uTorrent is owned by BitTorrent company
  - XalvinX 8y ago
    uTorrent is pure ad-filled garbage since they bought it...nearly impossible to use from all the popups and shit. at one time it was the only thing anyone used but i seriously doubt anyone bothers with it anymore.
- wnevets 8y ago
  utorrent went to trash the moment bittorrent bought it. I still use the version before that.
serg_chernata 8y ago
I really liked it, but walked away since the "mining client" controversy. Has anything changed since?
- deleted 8y ago
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white-flame 8y ago
BitTorrent The Company isn't focused around their p2p client. They've been trying to become some form of media publisher for a long time now, but haven't had any particular big hits there. At this point, I think the name recognition is the fundamental asset they have as a company.
- XalvinX 8y ago
  Exactly...they have nothing to speak of, but a lot they like to talk about. Cohen got real lucky here and if he is as smart as he is supposed to be, he will stash away a couple million of that for a rainy day. History is littered with inventors who ended up broke.
darkstar999 8y ago
BitTorrent the company is a lot more than a bittorrent client.
- XalvinX 8y ago
  Oh? Care to elucidate on that? What do they actually do and how do they make money besides selling a few ads on that client? Serious question I'm sure everyone here would like to know the answer to.
  - asdsa5325 8y ago
    Feel free to read the article > given the company is not only well-versed in the technologies necessary for decentralised, peer-to-peer networking through its software and protocols but also has a foothold in the entertainment industry via BitTorrent Now, helping independent artists and musicians promulgate their work using the same technology used to pirate the latest episodes of your favourite TV shows
  - bhtru 8y ago
    This is their multimedia content focused website: https://now.bt.co/ https://now.bt.co/
ballenf 8y ago
Or outsource the hassle and risk and use a paid "online torrent client".

Who uses BitTorrent anymore? There's a swath of other torrent clients out there that are superior to it.

samueldavid 8y ago

uTorrent FTW

spacewrangler 8y ago
qBittorrent is much better
- tmikaeld 8y ago
  Transmission is betterst
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    Transmission is great but they lost a lot of trust when they started distributing malware from their website.
    - cremp 8y ago
      And twice at that.
    - ambicapter 8y ago
      link? Because the only time I can think of is when their website got hacked and the developers sent out notice as soon as they found out.
      - saagarjha 8y ago
        That’s it. As a sibling comment mentioned, I did not phrase that well.
    - ballenf 8y ago
      That's a very disingenuous phrasing. They were hacked. Maybe (probably) due to bad security practices, but they didn't intentionally distribute malware.
      - saagarjha 8y ago
        You’re right. I’d edit my comment, but it looks like I can’t anymore.
  - Uberphallus 8y ago
    rTorrent + tmux is my poison
  - amyjess 8y ago
    I used to use Transmission, but I gave up on it because of UI/settings issues. I've since switched to KTorrent.
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]
- squarefoot 8y ago
  Though I use Transmission on my NAS4Free box, which I control remotely through the excellent transgui program (https://github.com/transmission-remote-gui/transgui https://github.com/transmission-remote-gui/transgui) I also install qBittorrent to all Windows/Linux users asking for a client for it being very stable and consistent among platforms, the latter very important for newbies, but I see now they're porting Transmission to Windows as well. Good! I don't consider closed source clients for security reasons, or bloated ones (Vuze etc.) because I'd rather use a spare GB of RAM to make a filesystem more snappy than to load a Java environment that eats alone half the resources of a small server.
- slfnflctd 8y ago
  Last I heard, Deluge was the preferred minimalist client. I've never noticed much difference between the ones I've tried other than that some have ads. Performance seems to be pretty much the same across the board.
  - Latty 8y ago
    I wouldn't called Deluge minimalist - that's Transmission. Deluge is more of a power-tool, albeit one most people can use happily. The big thing that I like is that you can use the desktop GUI (GTK) client with a remote daemon doing the actual downloading. Plenty of them have web-clients (Deluge does as well), but it's nice using the proper GUI. Other than that, it has all of the usual tools you'd want from a client.
- NVRM 8y ago
  qBittorrent is much better
sp332 8y ago
Doesn't uTorrent have ads? I use deluge because I like having a headless back-end part.
shp0ngle 8y ago
uTorrent is owned by BitTorrent company
- XalvinX 8y ago
  uTorrent is pure ad-filled garbage since they bought it...nearly impossible to use from all the popups and shit. at one time it was the only thing anyone used but i seriously doubt anyone bothers with it anymore.
wnevets 8y ago
utorrent went to trash the moment bittorrent bought it. I still use the version before that.

serg_chernata 8y ago

I really liked it, but walked away since the "mining client" controversy. Has anything changed since?

deleted 8y ago
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white-flame 8y ago

BitTorrent The Company isn't focused around their p2p client. They've been trying to become some form of media publisher for a long time now, but haven't had any particular big hits there. At this point, I think the name recognition is the fundamental asset they have as a company.

XalvinX 8y ago
Exactly...they have nothing to speak of, but a lot they like to talk about. Cohen got real lucky here and if he is as smart as he is supposed to be, he will stash away a couple million of that for a rainy day. History is littered with inventors who ended up broke.

darkstar999 8y ago

BitTorrent the company is a lot more than a bittorrent client.

XalvinX 8y ago
Oh? Care to elucidate on that? What do they actually do and how do they make money besides selling a few ads on that client? Serious question I'm sure everyone here would like to know the answer to.
- asdsa5325 8y ago
  Feel free to read the article > given the company is not only well-versed in the technologies necessary for decentralised, peer-to-peer networking through its software and protocols but also has a foothold in the entertainment industry via BitTorrent Now, helping independent artists and musicians promulgate their work using the same technology used to pirate the latest episodes of your favourite TV shows
- bhtru 8y ago
  This is their multimedia content focused website: https://now.bt.co/ https://now.bt.co/

ballenf 8y ago

Or outsource the hassle and risk and use a paid "online torrent client".