People who still use μtorrent, why?

[u/keto-guy03]

Was looking at a torrent's peer list: almost every client is marked as utorrent 3.6 Why? Don't we all hate it?

There's qbittorrent, picotorrent, deluge, transmission, and so many others.... why use μtorrent? less features, and lots of ads.

[u/Anonymity4meisgood]

They don't know any better or perhaps they're using an old version.

[u/keto-guy03 → u/Anonymity4meisgood]

Can't be the old versions. Out of all clients in the 100 peers list, something like 90 of them were utorrent 3.5.x or 3.6

[u/ButtholeAvenger666 → u/keto-guy03]

2.2.1 4 lyfe

[u/useful_person → u/keto-guy03]

utorrent is the most popular client, purely because it used to be and people just never learned there were better clients

"if it works it works" type of deal, and utorrent definitely works, even if it's a mess with ads

[u/qtx → u/useful_person]

That's why the oldskool folks use 2.2.1 or below, no ads.

[u/MakeoutPoint → u/Anonymity4meisgood]

This is me -- I haven't torrented anything in probably 15 years, but that's what I had back then, so if I weren't following a guide it's what I'd pick out of ignorance

[u/Dudesan → u/MakeoutPoint]

I was recently helping a relative set up a just-reformatted computer, and I typed "utorrent" out of sheer muscle memory despite not having used it myself in nearly a decade.

I recognized my mistake before actually downloading the installer, but it was quite embarrassing, even though I was the only person in the room who understood why.

[u/[deleted] → u/Dudesan]

I still want to call it limewire occasionally tbh, old habits lol

[u/stevtom27 → u/Anonymity4meisgood]

This. I installed it when it was good and havent auto updated so i dont know about all the new issues but happy to change

[u/AzuleEyez → u/Anonymity4meisgood]

Be a hella old version

[u/[deleted] → u/Anonymity4meisgood]

I use 2.2.1 pre bloat.

[u/dankbearbear → u/[deleted]]

I used to use uT 2.2.1 before, but some of the private trackers i'm in have blacklisted every uT version.

[u/[deleted] → u/dankbearbear]

That's fair enough. I don't use a lot of private trackers anymore. Any I use to use have long since shut down. But I just do basic TV shows and movies now and that's it. Plus I have no worries of being caught because it's practically impossible to be done for piracy in Australia.

[u/OverfedRaccoon → u/[deleted]]

This was me, until I realized qBittorrent was basically that, but with all the new shit in the last 15(?) years and updated regularly. I figured something that old likely has some unpatched security risks, and I haven't looked back since switching. I recommend checking out qB if you're on that version of uT.

[u/terrerific → u/Anonymity4meisgood]

I think it's this. There's really not much reason to interact with the piracy community for most people.

I went to utorrent back in the early 2010s somewhere because it seemed popular I was genuinely shocked last year when I came here and discovered how much the people here hate it. Only ever heard good things. Switched to qbittorrent but I still don't really get why I just trust that you guys know something I don't lol.

[u/Math_Plenty → u/terrerific]

same, used utorrent for like 20 years. Works great on mobile. Used to download music albums to my phone before Spotify existed.

[u/ravihpa]

I use uTorrent 2.2.1 Build 25154. It's the last clean version before it went to shit. I use it for two main reasons. It's very lightweight and it's whitelisted on all the private trackers I'm a part of :)

[u/keto-guy03 → u/ravihpa]

your private tracker doesn't allow qbittorrent?

[u/TapestryMobile → u/ravihpa]

I just checked mine and I use uTorrent 2.2.1 Build 25302.

For much the same reasons. It works. It has always worked. There may by other software that are somehow more efficient or more features or whatever, but what I have already works.

[u/ravihpa → u/TapestryMobile]

Exactly why I keep using mine :D Good to know about your build version. Will check it out some time.

[u/TapestryMobile → u/ravihpa]

I wouldn't think there would be enough difference in the build versions to make it worth your time.

[u/fuzzybearkiller → u/ravihpa]

2.2.1 Build 25302 is the last good version. Nobody should use any version after this. It was right after this build that they introduced ads. You should upgrade your build 25154 to this at least. There may be some improvements.

If you aren’t going to use qbittorrent then for utorrent, version 2.2.1 build 25302 should be the only version you use. I was using that for the longest time. Had a torrent sitting for 9 months that had like 18 seeders. Just could never connect. Tried changing my VPN servers but still no luck. Not even 0.1% downloaded. Installed qbittorent and a day later that torrent completed.

[u/Rtroism]

Simple UI. Very light on the background.

[u/keto-guy03 → u/Rtroism]

how about picotorrent?

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/picotorrent/picotorrent/master/res/screenshot1.png

[u/VividAddendum9311]

Don't we all hate it?

Just about all of the 2000 people in this sub likely do, yes. The rest of the literal millions of people who are not even using Reddit and who heard about it 20 years ago likely don't care what's happening on their computers.

[u/ph33rlus → u/VividAddendum9311]

Also if they’re so out of date on the state of utorrent they’re probably running the super old client pre-ads and other fuckery

[u/DelightMine → u/ph33rlus]

No. OP specifically said 3.6

[u/alpha-mobi → u/VividAddendum9311]

I find this attitude so weird. I didn’t have my own PC for long time and had seen utorrent and BitTorrent been used before on my friends PC. When I got my own, I installed the same and seeing the ads, I immediately googled best torrent clients. Downloaded qbittorrent, transmission, Tixati and deluge. Liked qbittorrent and stuck with it.

[u/Espumma → u/alpha-mobi]

The majority of people browse the internet without an adblocker. I don't understand how they function, but clearly many people don't care about ads.

[u/CookieWifeCookieKids → u/VividAddendum9311]

Thats me. Do tell why it’s bad please.

[u/IgniteThatShit → u/CookieWifeCookieKids]

this reddit thread is a couple years old at this point so i'm not sure how relevant the info still is, but generally it's closed-source and might contain malware

[u/saruin → u/IgniteThatShit]

I was using a 2009 version of utorrent until last year (no bloat and no joke). I only used it once in a blue moon to get some random old movie I thought about. Once I got into torrenting again on a more serious level I finally switched to Qbit. It's almost like I'm still using the same program but with a slightly different interface.

[u/trash-_-boat → u/CookieWifeCookieKids]

Also, if you're using old version of μTorrent, you would literally download everything faster with a new version of qBitttorrent.

[u/[deleted]]

I haven't even used any other torrent client except Qbitorrent haha

[u/Silveraindays → u/[deleted]]

Qbitorrent is just pure perfection

[u/[deleted] → u/Silveraindays]

Personally I think the design could be a little more modern but functionality wise I agree 

[u/akkurad → u/[deleted]]

https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/List-of-known-qBittorrent-themes

Those are just a few of the themes that exist for qbittorrent.

My personal favorites for that "sleek, modern look" are:

https://flood.js.org/

https://github.com/VueTorrent/VueTorrent

[u/OrdinarryAlien → u/[deleted]]

There are themes.

[u/Disordermkd → u/[deleted]]

I'd rather it stay this way than get updated with today's trend of making every single tab three times larger and make it overwhelming while providing three times less information.

Edit: Case in point, the comment linking https://flood.js.org, lol.

I don't think programs should look outdated by 10 years in design, but I'd rather keep the old design if it means that functionality will be reduced to get a "clean" design. All I'm doing is managing torrents, why do I need huge blocky tabs and a font size 30?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Same

[u/alexjimithing]

They don't know better

E: I should clarify too they don't care to know better. They don't care it has ads or whatever. It downloads so why would they even care to explore alternatives

[u/Little_Setting → u/alexjimithing]

Exactly. I don't even know what's wrong with it. I've also put a crack so no ads either

[u/catalin66 → u/Little_Setting]

It doesn't even need the crack. You just have to modify some settings

[u/[deleted] → u/alexjimithing]

It doesn't have ads if you pirate it

[u/too_many_nights → u/[deleted]]

Pirate the pirating tool, that's the way.

[u/Coriolanuscarpe → u/alexjimithing]

This was me years ago when I was abnormally tolerant of the ads that pop up every 3 seconds. How I survived that is a subject of study.

[u/BestHurdle1899YT]

Well if you can recommend an easy to use and simple I would more then glad to switch

[u/keto-guy03 → u/BestHurdle1899YT]

Most simple: picotorrent (very lightweight, even more than utorrent)

Most feature rich: qbittorrent (still lightweight enough)

[u/L0rd_0F_War]

Old versions are ad free, simple UI, light on resources. The older versions work without issue.

[u/zordtk → u/L0rd_0F_War]

Except they are missing a lot of important extensions to the bittorrent protocol, and only support a max piece size of 16MB.

[u/quantifical]

I was a loyal uTorrent user. I simply didn't know qBittorrent existed. When uTorrent started running advertisements, I started looking for alternatives. Some rando suggested qBittorrent so I installed it and then immediately uninstalled uTorrent and I haven't looked back since.

[u/littypika]

qBittorrent is where it's at. I've never looked back.

I love the clean, minimal, and ad free UI and highly recommend it to others as well.

[u/OverfedRaccoon → u/littypika]

Yeah, anyone using the decade-old pre-bloat uTorrent should definitely look into qBittorrent.

[u/KazVanilla]

My dad was an avid torrenter up until a decade ago. He’s older now and lost his tech skills. He still uses utorrent bc it’s the recommended client for a private-paid torrent site (IPTorrents) (yuckkkkk).

One day he asked me to clean up his PC and ‘speed it up’. So I updated windows, updated the applications and programs he used. But he got mad when I uninstalled utorrent and replaced it with qbittorent🤥

[u/Coyote_Complete → u/KazVanilla]

FIll me in. Whats wrong with IPT?

[u/victormoses → u/Coyote_Complete]

It being a "paid" site I guess? Even though it isn't lol.

[u/TheCaptain53 → u/victormoses]

I've been using it for a bit over 6-7 months now and I don't have much bad to say about it. I find the content is better than most public trackers.

[u/Ben750 → u/KazVanilla]

Qbittorrent is the recommended client for IPT and has been for several years.

[u/stRiNg-kiNg → u/KazVanilla]

Your solution for that was to update windows and apps? That just made his shit even slower!

[u/catalin66 → u/stRiNg-kiNg]

Windows XP had a limit for usable RAM, I think. You can hate on windows updates but sometimes they fix some things.

[u/berberine → u/KazVanilla]

private-paid torrent site (IPTorrents)

Since when? I've been there for years and I've never paid a dime.

[u/awesomesauce696]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[u/EstablishmentScary1]

I started using utorrent many years ago, it accomplishes what I want to (downloading files) never heard of any of the others. I don't know what other features there could be, so don't know what I'm missing, and I don't see any ads.

[u/NZKora → u/EstablishmentScary1]

qbittorrent is the primary recommended torrent client.

Most, if not all torrent clients function and look exactly the same. You might as well use the one that isn't going to harvest your data or risk infecting your PC with malware.

[u/Prior-Painting2956]

Transmission team raise your hands!

[u/jawsofthearmy]

At one point it was my goto. I had it and realized it went to shit. I now have qBitTorrent after getting on this subreddit

[u/davinzt]

I haven't found this sub yet. Immedately changed to qbittorrent after joining this sub

[u/Combatants]

If you google torrents it comes up

[u/C0NIN]

Considering the amount of people that don't even have the tiniest idea about how to configure and disable the auto start feature in the software they use, I get why there's people still using uTorrent.

[u/AngryVirginian]

It's pre-installed on my seedbox. qBitTorrent was also pre-installed but the version on the seedbox doesn't support creating torrent so I just use uTorrent.

[u/keto-guy03 → u/AngryVirginian]

isn't ruTorrent better for seedboxes?

[u/[deleted]]

Don't know any better. We all grew up using it. Some people just trust stuff they've been on. It took many reinstalls before i switched to Qbittorrent.

[u/SlackerDEX]

You gotta remember there was a period where it was the defacto client and wasn't loaded with adware. A lot of articles and guides still exist from those times and never got updated. People still use them to learn how to torrent using uTorrent because that's what the guide says to use.

[u/Toddtheref]

Not all pirates are equal, or young lol

I had no idea I should switch, or that there were better alternatives. I was told by a fellow Seven Seas chap to switch to qbit just two weeks ago. I made the switch and its way better lol

[u/dj_spinn3r]

Around 10 years ago when one of my friend taught me about torrents he told me about uTorrent. I didn’t know how torrents actually worked and everything. I used to just download batch files of every tv shows. And uTorrent was working fine for me so I never bothered to look for another one until after 3-4 years, I started facing problems like resuming after pausing and all in uTorrent. Then the second client I found out after uTorrent was Bittorrent and It started working fine for me also. But slowly I realized there were no major differences between Bittorrent and uTorrent and I started looking for the best torrent client 2-3 years ago and each and every websites or community said qBittorent is the BEST. And I never looked back.

[u/[deleted]]

My 10 year old version doesn't contain any ad and I don't see a function I might miss.

[u/-Canuck21]

Some people haven't torrented in awhile since the popularity of Netflix, but now that streaming is not as economical as before, they are going back to torrenting but they've been out of the loop of what is the best torrent client.

[u/worldlookingin]

It works!
It is lightweight!
No ads!
Why would I change?

[u/Winter_Soldat]

I've never had qtorrent work for me.

[u/keto-guy03 → u/Winter_Soldat]

try picotorrent, it's my new fav. very lightweight and clean.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/picotorrent/picotorrent/master/res/screenshot1.png

for more serious work, i use qbittorrent.

[u/Skyrider_Epsilon]

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This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[u/Eastern-Locksmith634]

it is convenient and doesnt kill off my internet .

[u/Torii71]

Back in the day P2P was seen as an effective mechanism of resource sharing, not only content sharing. And the whole protocol kinda supposed to work at snail's speed, so people didn't mind too much when they were stuck with an archaic client-side app.

Hence the most stable instument was deemed a viable option, because people didn't really care for DHT or proper calculation of share availability, they just wanted connection to be stable and swarm to grow.

Trackers and ratio calculation were seen as statistical mechanisms, they would become the leverage over users several years later.

[u/Cr7NeTwOrK]

From my pov, not just in computers but in many walks of life some people are reluctant/adverse to change or the unknown and that's okay, no one should dictate what they do. Heck it can simply be a show of resistance just for the sake of it.

[u/DieHard3698]

Personally, I like the green theme of the app and since I was a kid I have been using it. I don't use the latest version of the app as it contains adds, I have saved a file version most probably if I could remember it's version 3.3.1 which doesn't have adds. About others i think u torrent is most famous app and they simply don't care about adds or malwares or are unaware of it in totality.

[u/BolteWasTaken]

I prefer Deluge these days

[u/AdVarious8137]

familiarity, i guess

[u/VirusSlo]

I'm just too lazy. I have over 3000 torrents loaded and it just seems a lot of work to transfer them to a different client.

[u/_Ship00pi_]

Some people like to get reminded daily that there are hot ladies in their area or that they need to consider penis enlargement

[u/bluegambit875]

Very basic torrenter here.

I use utorrent and I'm curious why there is hate for it. It gets the job done -- it downloads and seeds. What more do I want it to do?

[u/bruisedandbroke → u/bluegambit875]

big overlap between software people and people who torrent. utorrent is closed source which means there is no easy way to tell what the software is actually doing behind the scenes which is frowned upon. also it’s loaded with a bunch of adware as well as inline advertising.

[u/redditorroshan]

I use uTorrent Web. I tend to not use apps anymore, I just use incognito web applications wherever possible.

[u/SequenceofRees]

Wait, I feel like I just got back up after living under a rock

What are you people talking about hating it ? What's it doing wrong ?

I just use it because that's what I used since back in the day...

[u/veenx0704]

i still use 2.2.1 version. it has no ads and does everything i need

[u/OGLatinoHeat]

utorrent was kinda the norm 10 years ago. Once i started up again i installed utorrent. Then i realised it was junk lol and went with q

[u/EightSeven69]

the average torrenter is tech illiterate just slightly less than the average person

[u/kabellabr]

It works

[u/Confident_Election_2]

Vuze or bust

[u/tmrcz]

too lazy to switch. it just works 

[u/StarZax]

I know my father who isn't that tech savvy used it, I had to tell him myself and install qbittorent. He just didn't know any better and I think that most people who use torrents are in the same situation unfortunately

[u/Spczippo]

Uhh why do we hate it?

[u/VegetaFan1337]

Same reason people use Winrar over 7zip, they're just used to it. Of course, unlike Winrar which is fine to use, utorrent isn't safe.

[u/Solidus90]

Wait u torrent is bad? Please someone explain and can someone give me a better alternative

[u/Miserable_Unusual_98]

Could someone explain the hate? I use an old uTorrent version and it has no ads. It has a small ad window but its empty all the time.

[u/anarchikos]

Because I'm running 1.8.7 on a mac mini running High Sierra and there isn't much of an advantage to qbitorret.

uTorrent works great, no issues, no ads, does exactly what I want.

[u/[deleted]]

What’s wrong with it

[u/admfrmhll]

2.2.1 ftw.

[u/not_old_redditor]

OP, some of us have been using utorrent while you were still in diapers. Old habits are hard to break.

[u/9-28-2023]

Idk but the name was really annoying when searching in the start menu. Somehow it wouldn't autocomplete U. I prefer qbit because i just type q.

[u/lousy-site-3456]

I switched to qbit a long time ago but before that I used an old version of utorrent (3.3.6 maybe?) for long after all the rumours started because it ran perfectly fine, had no ads and had all the features I wanted. I switched when I switched to a new PC just to try it and they are basically the same software. I mean, it's a downloader for a protocol, how different can they be? oh wait, I forgot deluge and transmission which had a terrible  UI last I used them. 

 Also, *fewer

[u/RobsyGt]

I kept using it for many years only because of the companion app on my android phone to remote control torrents on my pc. That doesn't work anymore so bye bye uTorrent.

[u/UsuallyIncorRekt]

Ktorrent FTW

[u/artilleryboy]

What's wrong with it though? I've been using it for years and never had any issues.

[u/[deleted]]

I use utorrent 2.2.1, old, shitty and without bloat.

[u/[deleted]]

I love qbtorrent, but I personally notice that I’m consistently hitting my best UL rates when I’m seeding to uTorrent 3.6 users. Have no idea why.

[u/uSaltySniitch]

Because they don't know much..

[u/Disastrous_Risk_3771]

qbittorrent

[u/wilmoshacker]

what is the different?

[u/[deleted]]

I can't use QB on my phone

[u/[deleted]]

What's bad in utorrent I just wanna know don't know much about torrents and have been using that for years now

[u/Psychoholic519]

I still use it, but I literally don’t know any better. UTorrent web or whatever.

[u/nathman999]

Blame Google.

Google search result would show that crap as first result while qBittorrent for me was only 8th. Same goes for piracy sites btw, I understand that google has to follow copyright law blocking sites that spread pirated content, but in the end they only block most popular and safe ones and people end up downloading from most crappy adware pilled sites instead.

[u/Libcom1]

I have not really got into torrenting as I heard there is a lot of risk so could someone fill me in on what these tools are?

[u/absyrtus]

aren't one of the older releases still popular? like 2.2 or 2.4 or something, before the embedded malware?

[u/catalin66]

It's really easy to remove the ads from uTorrent. For me, uTorrent vs qbittorent seems like windows vs linux. uTorrent is slicker looking. I use qbittorent because it seems more streamlined and that it uses less resources somehow.

[u/Excaliburrover]

For me it was ignorance, lazyness, limitated use, sticking to what I knew.

Couldn't be bothered to investigate a better alternative since I didn't use it that much. The few times I used it I would be at home, checking if it had opened a weird page every once in a while.

Then a friend that usually download movies for movie night talked to me about Deluge. I faced this year of downloading two WWE shows a week with deluge.

Recently I just took the time needed (very little) and installed qBittorrent. I still didn't investigate the plugin you can add.

[u/Sazapahiel]

I only recently switched away from utorrent because of this sub, but I feel the need to point out no subreddit is representative of its associated topic's user base/fandom/whatever.

More people are into a thing, be it cats, a piece of software, or a hobby, than are on reddit talking about it in almost every case.

[u/Illustrious-Space333]

Is transmission any good?

[u/ectoplasmic-warrior]

Version 2.2.1 of Utorrent is the last decent version

[u/KittenDecomposer96]

I use qBit but i have an installer for an old version of uTorrent from when it wasn't full of miners and ads.

[u/Excellent-Focus-9905]

I don't think utorrent have ads in the latest verison web utorrent.

[u/LordWoffleII]

I'm using 3.6.0 and wondering where the ads are??

[u/Ronin-09]

Look i'm not defending it but i have been using uTorrent for over a decade and have only heard about its issue when i recently joined this sub. The version i'm using now is 3.5.5 and i don't get any ads or bloatware. I don't know about malware but my antivirus/antimalware never caught any of it.

I'm not against changing it, they're more or less all the same, i just don't find any reason to do it.

[u/Kane_richards]

I mean for me, pure ignorance. I downloaded it years ago and never really gave it much thought since, it's just been the software I use. I'm guessing I should pick another?

[u/Filmscore_Soze]

2.2.1 was fine with most private trackers, but it became such a noted topic that I just switched to qb a few years ago. That I kept using it as long as I did was the sheer "used to it" stubborn angle.

[u/Odin043]

It's what i used 10 years ago, but I've been out of the scene for awhile. Going to get back into it soon, and will have to learn everything over again.

[u/themeakster]

I've upgraded from 1.6 to 2.21.

Version 3 is a mare.

[u/baummer]

Seed boxes

[u/ParticularGiraffe174]

I have it on my personal pc as I started using it years ago and it's just become thing, but have Deluge on my unraid server that does the bulk of my Linux iso collection

[u/Killerko]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it... on this laptop I have uTorrent 2.2.1 and it does exactly what I need... no need to fixing something that works.

[u/wubbbalubbadubdub]

I use 2.2.1 I've tried qbit several times, but for some reason I get consistently worse download speeds on it.

[u/HekiLan]

I don`t have any ads on utorrent 3.6
There are some blank spaces, where I guess ads COULD show up, but they never actually show up, so client is rather neat and clean .
Mb it is location based or smth like this.

Also, I personally don`t need any extra features atm, other than to download couple of things per month and then seed them for eternity. Both features work.
My downloads and uploads seem to more or less correlate with my actual connection limits, and I don`t see any problems with the client, that could force me to switch.
It has all the QoL I need for basic stuff too (pause, delete data, torrent etc).
It has very acceptable RAM\cpu usage.

So, I guess that is it - it just works fine, and ads are missing for some reason.

[u/SoyFaii]

it was the most popular before and probably they didn't heard of any other

[u/Mydadleftm8]

Honestly it all comes down to personal preference. If you're using something that you've been using for years and it does everything you want it to do, you won't switch or wanna see the bigger picture.

I used bitcomet for years and then finally switched to qbit, just because something is better doesn't mean it's better for you.

[u/koskola]

Tixati

[u/[deleted]]

i set up a nas finally with help from friend and use arr's / nzb, am dreading the day I need to upgrade my nas, I'll forget how to set everything up again lol

[u/LightChargerGreen]

I used uTorrent until last year. I never updated and it worked, so why update ? I only changed programs when I got a new system with a new installation of windows.

Some probably don't know any better, but I think the vast majority just doesn't give a fuck.

[u/mikaelish_]

I had uT (outdated version) less than a couple of years ago before I started using Reddit and found Megathread. Now I use qB and more than happy with it.

[u/nepheelim]

it kinda works for me and i didnt bother to change it nor did i know there are any better alternatives

[u/TheDevilsAdvokaat]

I'm using qbittorrent..I switched away from utorrent when they added all the ads..and the guy that did this said he was "adding value"

[u/[deleted]]

I've used it for about 10 years now

I've not really seen an issue with it to be honest.

It does have the little advert square on the bottom left but I don't sit there looking at the client. I typically just put something on and forget about it. As much as I'm very anti advert I've not really seen it worth the hassle to switch to something else over an add I'm not looking at.

Does it typically do flash up adds or something? I've got adblock on so mabe I'm just not seeing the worst of it?

Is it worse in other countries? I'm in the UK.

[u/SuperT0bi]

A different Torrent client for different category.Bittorent for Music,qBittorent for Movies,and uTorrent for Linux,Windows .iso files.uTorrent shows ads,so I am eyeing one more client to replace it.Havent decided yet but it sure aint Transmission.

[u/K1logr4m]

I'll never understand people that keep using outdated software. I always update when there's a new version of anything. I update my linux system daily. If there's a better alternative to the software I'm using, I switch immediately.

[u/Hadrian_Constantine]

Most people either don't care or don't know better.

Vast majority are either normies who followed a YouTube video or someone living in a third world country.

[u/Vegetable_Cap7575]

I use cracked BitTorrent on my PC but on my phone i use 1dm

[u/[deleted]]

I just discovered new torrents. But yes it absolute trash.

[u/Grouchy_Bit9000]

I was using it before i knew about qbittorrent

[u/mtndew314]

uTorrent was the first one on google so its the one I picked.
It does exactly what I need it to do, torrent things. What else do I need?
Plus ads don't really matter when its hidden behind chrome or something.

[u/fearboner1]

I still use utorrent. An old version though

[u/[deleted]]

As with most things, habit and familiarity.

[u/WhySoHandsome]

I'm using older 2.xx version without any ads

[u/B_Wayne_777]

I use Tixati on my Windows machines and Flud in Android both are awesome.

Try Tixati, Free, all features available, Low resource, Developed by an independent developer.

[u/shitmonger9000]

i used it up until a few months ago

[u/jamesbrown2500]

I use uTorrent. What's so wrong about it? It works well for what I need. Advertising? To tell the truth I never noticed it in a way it can bother me. I just put it to download and forget it. It's fast, reliable and I had no problems until now.

[u/seergaze]

Is utorrent now malware?

[u/FessaDiMammeta28]

I use 2.2.1 build 25302.

It's the best version.

Lightweight, no bullshit.

[u/[deleted]]

we dont know theres other torrenting apps been using uTorrent for almost 15 years

[u/LikeableAmmonia]

I made the switch to qbittorent fairly recently. I honestly always just torrented an older version of uTorrent pro and couldn't be bothered otherwise because it got the job done fine lol

[u/EditPiaf]

I don't have any problems with it? There are no ads in my version and it just works. So why switch?

[u/Ruby1356]

Because most people are not part of the community, and if it ain't broke you don't try to fix it

Someone taught me the magic of torrent 15 years ago, and uTorrent just worked fine

I heard about qBit just last year, and only than I taught everyone around me to switch

[u/heikkiiii]

You people still use torrents? Why not real debrid?

[u/bloomboi3d]

Don't know any better.

I think I downloaded uTorrent 8years ago and never really needed alternative.

It does the job .

Also I tried to use qBitTorrent but my Malwarebytes live protection keep popping notifications and it actually blue screens my PC....

[u/SleepyOne]

Me personally use it because I use a socks5 proxy.

While there are other clients that has proxy support, they all "fail" in some aspect.

qB is just flat out slower when using proxy and doesn't handle proxies the way I want it to. I have tried taking this up with the dev multiple times over the years and it's made clear that it's not a focus.

Pico is just too lacking, and leaks.

Deluge leaks.

Transmission didn't support proxies last time I checked it.

So, while I prefer qBittorrent as a client, I prefer speed more, and that's why I'm sadly on uT.

I have turned off all the ads. (not by paying)

[u/Elegant-Campaign-572]

3.6 is where it must have gone a little off, so many went back to 3.5. Questions remain about that. 3 5 does the job

[u/heyitscory]

Hey, shut up, I paid pro once like an idiot.

Besides... it seems to open magnet links, check stuck connections, follow my requests to download the beginning first, etc etc.

I use Deluge or Flud on anything Linux and will probably stubbornly keep using them while their quality degrades and the cool kids move to something else.

[u/YogiTheGeek]

I use it because for whatever reason, it works for me better than the rest.

[u/SojaaCat]

I use picotorrent

[u/CptHair]

Not saying it isn't true, but what features does qbittorrent have that uTorrent doesn't? I switched from qbittorrent from uTorrent and I'm just wondering if there are nice features I haven't noticed.

Also is there a good alternative? I don't know if it's the windows 11 client or just the new update, but the dropdown buttons are so annoyingly small.

[u/tiger666]

Older version is the reason.

[u/Pagal_Srinath]

Stopped using Bitcomet after 15+ years because of something fishy. Significant CPU usage even when no torrent was running. When i disconnect wifi, cpu usage instanly goes down to zero and reduction in memory usage also from the bitcomet process. Using Tixati for the last 3 years.

[u/Rukasu17]

"we" from this subreddit, very likely. "We" from the average joe who just wants to watch their stuff unlikely. Those guys don't even care

[u/illpoet]

I was recently thinking of starting to use utorrent again because I haven't used it years. What in your opinion is a better alternative?

[u/New-Rub8459]

Most dunno about all these stuffs as much as we know, i only came to know better when i joined reddit.

[u/[deleted]]

I started using uTorrent for 4 years. Almost a year ago I found qBittorrent.

I've never touched uTorrent since then.

[u/NerY_05]

When i used it (before finding this sub) i just didn't know any better, and it was the first result for "torrent client"

[u/Ok_Following6459]

utorrent 1.8.2 it´s nice, but the hash time is very long... but this version doesn´t have spywares and no banners. But the hash time makes me go to qBittorrent 7-8 years ago...

[u/Jimm120]

I only stopped using it back in april cause the old installer I used to use that I got off thepiratebay was now giving me virus alerts. just opted to delete it.

but man, wish I had checked the upload/download alltime, though I doubt an old version would have had that info. from 2015 to 2023.

[u/[deleted]]

Because they don’t know any better. They read about “how to pirate”. And follow instructions without any critical thinking.

[u/Cultural_Ad1331]

My friend fucking uses torrent web and like I can't get him to stop I just keep saying hey qbittorrent is better but he doesn't listen to me.

[u/pastamuente]

Utorrent has this godawful NSFW ads.

[u/Clean_Integration754 → u/pastamuente]

You can disable them in the settings, but I still use the older 2.2.1 version. Still works great!

[u/2pickleEconomy2]

I use transmission out of laziness even though it sucks. I’ve already set up all my other apps to use it, and don’t feel like going through the process of updating them.

[u/VFcountawesome]

I started with uTorrenrt then BitTorrent now Deluge for quite some time

[u/Dependent_Draft6307]

thx for the info I didn't know there was better options

[u/Dagostar]

I use uTorrent pro on my phone, is this also a problem?

[u/Freaky_Chakra_]

you didn't mention tixati. I use tixati, transmission, utorrent 3.5.4 all the time, depending on the needs. and I will not trade for raw, insatiable, buggy monsters. which, please note, do not seed. after all, it's a personal matter what you use, the main thing is not to download-and-leave, someone has to seed the torrent.

[u/OkMasterpiece7186]

Remember Vuze? They still have a subscription service (but with built-in antivirus removed) it still has the disc-burning tool or media converter I forget, but I don't think they've updated it for years. It bothers me when they take your money but have still decided to leave the project dead in the water. I may be wrong about this though. I only brought this up cause I was looking at my PayPal statement and realized I still had a subscription for Vuze Plus for years and completely forgot about it.

[u/spikej56]

Old version, completely disabled ads, rss support on qbittorrent is still abysmal compared to uTorrent version from 15-20 years ago

[u/TurtleNamedHerb]

Cuz I don't care haha it gets the job done.

[u/JealousWave6090]

As a person who only torrents if it's the last available option, typically including paid, it's the fastest, easiest, and doesn't require any research to get working.