Switched from uTorrent to QBitTorrent (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Greyfoxsolid@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.ml

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So a bunch of people in this subreddit told me that uTorrent was trash and to switch to QBitTorrent.

I didn't think much of it. How could one be so much better than the other? They're both just torrent downloaders.

Holy shit was I wrong. I don't even really understand what is happening, but downloading torrents on QBitTorrent is so, so, so much faster and I don't even understand how.

A movie downloads in basically seconds compared to 10 or 20 minutes on uTorrent.

Why is this? What is this magic? What makes QBitTorrent so much faster?

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[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

I wish they supported their MacOS client

[-] vildis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 10 months ago

Try Transmission, it looks more akin to other mac apps as well

Idk what the issue is on macs as QT should work on macs just fine, maybe issues with libtorrent?

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Transmission is what I use. It’s at least not as buggy on my new system as it was on the old.

[-] mulcahey@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I use Transmission on MacOS as well, but I wish they would update their UI. I've been using Transmissionic on Windows for that reason

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