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First Vuze, then uTorrent. It looks like the life cycle of any popular torrent application is: - Starts very light, bare bones, downloads torrents and that's a
by laureny 13y ago
First Vuze, then uTorrent. It looks like the life cycle of any popular torrent application is:
- Starts very light, bare bones, downloads torrents and that's all
- Gets bloated with more and more features that nobody wants
- Partners with a shady company
- Dies
Off to alternatives I go.
- gkop 13y agoAzureus/Vuze was never lightweight, and does not appear to have died. And uTorrent didn't begin to bloat out until after it was acquired by BitTorrent, Inc.. Edit: I think by partners with shady company you mean the malware company, not BitTorrent, Inc.. Just like Vuze has 3rd-party malware. Coincidentally (?), some Vuze malware reports mention Yahoo! being surreptitiously enabled just like the article.
- pessimizer 13y agoAgreed. Azureus was consistently the most bloated, slowest torrent client available. Vuze was an expansion of that.
- V-2 13y agoWhat's wrong with Vuze? I'm using it (occasionally) and it's never done anything suspicious that I'd notice
- stcredzero 13y agoMaybe they should sell "track day" versions of their apps as an in-app purchase?
- rschmitty 13y agoJust like AV programs for windows! I'm at the point where I would pay software developers to just stop touching things (cept for bugs)
- esw 13y agoIt's not just torrent applications - this is the lifecycle for a lot of free apps. Eventually you've got to pay the bills, and if no one is willing to pay for your app then it's either time to insert ads or crapware or both.