After uTorrent was brought by BitTorrent Inc, they started releasing new shady versions, first added ads then released uTorrent bundle with crypto mining software without user consent
The parent company, bittorrent Inc got purchased by a serial crypto scammer Justin Sun at some point.
In March 2022, the SEC charged Rainberry with fraud for selling cryptocurrencies Tronix (TRX) and BitTorrent (BTT) as unregistered securities.
I think the SEC dropped all charges recently because the literal US government got on the payroll of Tether Inc, which basically runs the crypto show. Justin is just one of the appendages to the scheme.
If it keeps newcomers from making mistakes in client choice it looks like a good thing to me?
But is the statement correct? What’s the story behind uTorrent?
That should be enough for any sane person. A proprietary bittorrent client is the worst joke i have heard in a while.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ΜTorrent
An adware whatever should also be avoided.
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This. For most people, they either hated the 3.0 update (assuming 2010), or hated the enshittification after 3.2.2 (assuming 2012).
After uTorrent was brought by BitTorrent Inc, they started releasing new shady versions, first added ads then released uTorrent bundle with crypto mining software without user consent
https://torrentfreak.com/new-utorrent-release-breaks-ties-with-bitcoin-miner-150413/
They speedran the enshittification process, so quickly the term wasn’t even invented yet.
The parent company, bittorrent Inc got purchased by a serial crypto scammer Justin Sun at some point.
In March 2022, the SEC charged Rainberry with fraud for selling cryptocurrencies Tronix (TRX) and BitTorrent (BTT) as unregistered securities.
I think the SEC dropped all charges recently because the literal US government got on the payroll of Tether Inc, which basically runs the crypto show. Justin is just one of the appendages to the scheme.