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Radarr now suggests not to use uTorrent (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by American_Jesus@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] Mondez@lemdro.id 131 points 1 year ago

If it keeps newcomers from making mistakes in client choice it looks like a good thing to me?

[-] rijom@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

But is the statement correct? What’s the story behind uTorrent?

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 123 points 1 year ago

μTorrent, or uTorrent (see pronunciation), is a proprietary adware BitTorrent client owned and developed by Rainberry, Inc.

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/%CE%9CTorrent

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 21 points 1 year ago

An adware whatever should also be avoided.

[-] banghida@lemm.ee 51 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] American_Jesus@lemm.ee 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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/