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BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires uTorrent

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-torrenting-faster-than-ever dept.

ColinPL writes "BitTorrent, Inc. has taken the next step — the acquisition of uTorrent. In a joint announcement made today, the two firms have publicly solidified the merger. 'Together, we are pleased to announce that BitTorrent, Inc. and uTorrent AB have decided to join forces ... BitTorrent has acquired uTorrent as it recognized the merits of uTorrent's exceptionally well-written codebase and robust user community. Bringing together uTorrent's efficient implementation and compelling UI with BitTorrent's expertise in networking protocols will significantly benefit the community with what we envision will be the best BitTorrent client.'"

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  1. The end? by blueCommand · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Let's hope it's not the end of a perfectly fine BT client. Maybe I've lived long enough with the embrace, extend, extingush thing, but this doesn't feel that good :(

    1. Re:The end? by Christopher_Edwardz · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I thought the very same thing when I read the title.

      uTorrent was an awesome piece of software. It.just.worked. It was small, non-invasive, and non-evilware.

      My heart sank.

      I have no faith that this would be anything other than the death of uTorrent as a usable client.

      (Same as winamp years ago, same as winternals, same as ... the list goes on.)

      Oh well, which client does one use next?

  2. Re:Leave it alone! by 0siris · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So why worry? If you keep the build you have right now I doubt it'll be incompatible with torrents any time soon. What I have right now does the job fine, and I don't really need any new features.

  3. Re:This could turn bad... by LordSnooty · · Score: 5, Insightful
    how will this affect the privacy of current Torrent users such as myself? I have to admit I'm a bit worried. It doesn't come as a big surprise though.
    The answer is, use an OSS client like Azureus - which would be forked immediately if something like this happened.