Comments on: uTorrent Is Going to Make Money With a Toolbar

By: to_retards_above

to_retards_above — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:54:50 +0000

winamp has also OPTIONS with a toolbar .. is this a reason to uninstall winamp?? no u fuckheads ^^
not everything is free in life, companies need income.

utorrent + torrentflux 4 life :)

By: Coward

Coward — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:46:31 +0000

So to all those “DUMB” people who think they know better than the “SMART” people, please produce the Wireshark evidence that it’s phoning home.

By: uTorrent Adds Toolbar to Boost Revenue

uTorrent Adds Toolbar to Boost Revenue — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:25:38 +0000

[...] Morris, Vice President of product management at BitTorrent Inc. has announced that uTorrent 1.8.2. will include in download an optional toolbar from Ask.com (that is employed in [...]

By: vyvyan

vyvyan — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:26:11 +0000

all those who think they are smart as they read the word ‘optional’, have they really checked what happens when they opt NOT to install toolbar? Have they checked the client itself (w/o toolbar) is NOT sending information to RIAA/MPAA.

First people use windows, (in which everything is already concealed) on top of that adware and still thing they are SMART. makes me laugh all the time.

@51 good one :)

By: Dracil

Dracil — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:59:22 +0000

I think it’s laughable that people actually think you can run a real company with actual employees through donations. Seriously, what major tech company out there is run solely via donations and isn’t operating at a loss?

By: 1337

1337 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:54:02 +0000

All apps eventually start carrying many burdens… for torrents Azureus went the Vuze way while uTorrent is looking for revenue generating toolbars.

By: iwuvu

iwuvu — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:24:56 +0000

everyone had their price, obviously ask.com made some nice deals that utorrent cant resist.

if they want it optional, the default option should be unchecked. there also should be and option to clean uninstall the toolbar. OR, this is the best option. make it downloadable only from the website.

in the end, no one can blame them for wanting some quick cash. who doesnt !!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:23:56 +0000

everyone had their price, obviously ask.com made some nice deals that utorrent cant resist.

if they want it optional, the default option should be unchecked. there also should be and option to clean uninstall the toolbar.

in the end, no one can blame them for wanting some quick cash. who doesnt !!!

By: pligg.com

pligg.com — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:13:19 +0000

uTorrent Is Going to Make Money With a Toolbar…

New users of uTorrent may shortly have the option of something extra with their BitTorrent client. In a move to try and generate extra revenue, some of the of new installs will have the option to include the Ask.com browser toolbar in addition to the m…

By: iNdefiNite

iNdefiNite — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:46:24 +0000

Why wouldn’t they just ask for donations instead of installing simply malware?
Or better yet, ask their copyright friends for money? As far as I recall, they were bought by RIAA or MPAA.

By: wtf

wtf — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:14:01 +0000

there are a few problems with deluge too.
it doesn’t send have messages and it’s written in python, not c
and utorrent will have utp enabled by default in 1.9 which will eliminate tcp ack overhead
i don’t see anything wrong with having to uncheck a checkbox at installation. do you people just click next next next next when installing something?

By: HAHA!

HAHA! — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:28:02 +0000

QUOTE:
‘You’d probably use the toolbar if someone rared it, stuck an nfo with it and uploaded it to the pirate bay.’

LMAO this so made my day :D

I won’t judge on it yet, I’ll see how things go first.
Deluge looks interesting nevertheless. o:

By: UNF

UNF — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:34:47 +0000

uTorrent was the best for longest and continues to innovate (e.g. uTP to defeat throttling)

however, if it wants to lead, grow + survive it must now go to OSS model and find other ways to generate income which avoid the insulting stigma of noob-trap malware toolbars

e.g. include a convenient paypal button on GUI and get the app included in Distro repositories.

By: TheCareBay

TheCareBay — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:11:35 +0000

Sad day for uTorrent.

+1 looking for a replacement proggy.

By: RoestVrijStaal

RoestVrijStaal — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:35:37 +0000

I guess tomorrow or the day after tomorrow Bittorrent Inc. / MAFFIA release a new version of uTorrent without the Toolbar.

They can’t stand so much critique on their decision.

Luckly enough I use :hail: Deluge :hail:, the only good Windows torrent cliënt who’s left :P

By: Misa

Misa — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:35:17 +0000

@32

Totally agree with you. People here need to quit bitching about it. If you don’t want it, DON’T SELECT IT AS AN OPTION.

Of course, it would be better if the box was unchecked. Now, if they start bundling it in with the install, I’ll jump ship but as long as this toolbar remains optional, I’m staying with it.

By: mu57i11

mu57i11 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:41:14 +0000

Come on guys; its a lovely client, quite a few of you ^ probably use it, if your so annoyed about it, paypal them some money and in the note, voice your feelings.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:49:23 +0000

@12

Nice Babylon 5 reference there! (or at least I think it was) Kosh would not approve of utorrent’s behavior!

Ya I use utorrent almost exclusively but lately I’ve been a little disappointed with them. Does anyone know any good alternatives?

By: JAT

JAT — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:35:35 +0000

There are plenty of legit apps which add opt-out piggybackers into their installers to generate revenue. CCleaner and Adobe Flash being popular examples. I don’t feel as if uTorrent should be looked any less upon just because of an optional toolbar; however, it makes its loyal users a bit more watchful of changes going forward.

By: Phletch

Phletch — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:05:37 +0000

Ha my computer picked the right day to crash! now i can use a better client