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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."
So don't update to the newest version then. What crybabies, its free anyhow.
Only the State obtains its revenue by coercion. - Murray Rothbard
In other words, "Find someone else to pay for it because I won't". Typical of torrent users.
You say this like every human on earth doesn't already understand it.
What on earth did they expect would happen when they tried to monetize thieves (oh, excuuuuuuse me, copyright infringers)? The whole idea was laughable in the first place.
Actually it does mean it's free. You might want to look that up.
""hey, I just have to give my email and fill out this survey and I get $10!""
since they never claim it is free, it kind of shows how stupid^H^H^H^H^H^H wrong you are.
So, what did I give up when I downloaded linux for free? what did I give up when I got a free sandwich?
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