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uTorrent Becomes Ad-Supported to Rake in Millions
Bob2004:
Looking at task manager now, Utorrent 3.1.3 is currently using 23.5MB of memory, and CPU usage varies from between 1-3% (on a 3Ghz system, admittedly). This is with 41 torrents seeding, and one downloading. So you can't really complain that it's got worse performance wise, when actually in terms of resource usage it is exactly the same.
And actually, since the ads are now going to be opt-in only, I have absolutely no problem with them. It was only when they were planning to force users to have to suffer through having 'sponsored torrents' show up in their torrent list, getting in the way, that I had a problem with it. When it's completely optional, and you have to specifically opt-in to see them, there's no issue at all really.
They can earn a bit more revenue from those users who want to help provide it, while the rest of us don't see any difference at all. The best of both worlds, really (though it'd be nice if they'd spent the development time on something more useful).
Pentium100:
I didn't like the 3.x version, so I am keeping 2.2.1, even though it is a bit buggy (it sometimes does not find a file when it is finished, after starting the torrent again, it usually works OK).
megido-rev.M:
I just kept 2.0.4. The 2.2.x versions started having atrocious UI.
zherok:
--- Quote from: Pentium100 on August 25, 2012, 03:58:31 AM ---Using resources to speed seeding up or reduce the load on the hard drive is OK, assuming the resources are available. What I dislike is wasting of resources - animations on the UI, ads and so on.
uTorrent (at least the older versions) is very good in that regard. A 3x700MHz server could seed at around 10MB/s.
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Barring the singular plus ad and the apps function (both easily disabled) the only significant ui difference in 3.1.3 since probably about 1.8.4 is the icons. The UI isn't spectacularly flashy and the one ad is a static button. It even stays off through upgrades so long as you've set it off in a previous one.
Considering the bother it takes to track down an older version (minor though it may be) is still more than it takes to turn off both the ad and the apps feature, I'm not really sure if people have actually used the new versions or they simply hear what other people have to say about them third hand.
megido-rev.M:
I've been waiting for several years expecting the developers to make the UI less of an eye sore, but no-- they had to pull up this crap.
--- Quote from: zherok on August 26, 2012, 12:35:56 AM ---Considering the bother it takes to track down an older version (minor though it may be) is still more than it takes to turn off both the ad and the apps feature, I'm not really sure if people have actually used the new versions or they simply hear what other people have to say about them third hand.
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