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Switched from uTorrent to QBitTorrent (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Greyfoxsolid@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[-] Anon518@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

I checked it out more, there's no "remove torrent & delete torrent file", there's only "permanently delete files" which is not clear at all and sounds like it will delete both the .torrent and the downloaded files, which is not what I want. utorrent 2.2 seems to be pretty flawless for me.

[-] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If you right click a torrent and select remove, it automatically deletes the torrent files that qBT stores in the appData or home folder. If you check 'permanently delete files' it also deletes the media associated with the torrent file.

Most people dislike uTorrent because of the fact it was loaded with malware(cryptominer) and ads(hopefully the version you are using is before this crap). Also, download speeds are faster on qBitTorrent.

That being said, the UI is definitely a little different and I understand not wanting to learn a new workflow. You do what works best for you, friend.