Because Bittorrent inc bought it for (I assume) a decent sum of money and now they are desperately from the looks of it, trying to recoup on their investment.

Because Bittorrent inc bought it for (I assume) a decent sum of money and now they are desperately from the looks of it, trying to recoup on their investment. From an end user perspective it sucks, but like others have mentioned there are lots of FOSS alternatives, I'd wager Transmission is the most popular.