BitTorrent Tries To Appease Users By Making Torrent Ads Optional

hypnosec writes "BitTorrent has backtracked on their stance that uTorrent ads cannot be 'turned off,' following a user revolt. They announced that users can opt-out of sponsored torrents if they don't wish to see them. Last weekend BitTorrent announced it would make uTorrent ad-enabled and that it would have a 'sponsored torrents' feature which couldn't be disabled. As one would have imagined, this didn't go over well with many users, and they let out their anger on the uTorrent forums. 'You seriously think that uTorrent is going to survive now? The Admin/Devs are seriously deluded. Pure greed has turned your once loved app into a bloated and buggy cash cow,' said one user."

Comments

Re:Kickstarter

[Anonymous Coward]

Torrent users also spend more on legal content than non-torrent users;

Legal fees and settlements don't count.

Re:Or pay for...

[TheGratefulNet]

Next you'll be killing babies

or puppies:

# rm -f puppylinux.iso