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BitTorrent Embraces Streaming Torrents, Takes uTorrent Web Out of Beta (betanews.com)
Mark Wilson shares a report from BetaNews: Acknowledging that we are now very much in the streaming age, BitTorrent has launched the first version of Torrent Web. The aim of the browser-based tool is to make torrenting as simple as possible and -- most importantly -- support torrent streaming. It remains to be seen how many people are willing to switch from a dedicated app to a browser-based torrenting experience, but the promise that you can "play while you download, no more staring at progress bars" is certainly alluring. Files are streamable near-instantly as they download, but they are also saved locally in the way you're used to. uTorrent Web is available for Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge and Opera and the release finds BitTorrent partnering with Adaware to check torrents for signs of malware, and even download torrents without having to visit websites. Warning: the installer includes (optional) bundleware in the form of Adaware Internet Security and the Opera web browser.
Do you honestly use only non open-source software? Sounds paranoid and painful.
Closed source can be great because you never get the support reply 'fix it yourself', as if everyone is a (life-long) coder. Things tend to work more smoothly. I can only think of a handful of open-source software that works 'as good' as the closed standard.
Yeah the original bittorrent is not open source, it is ad supported but it's paying the actual creator. The protocol is free and specs are open, anyone can implement for free. This bitcoin corporation is not who made the protocol or original client. They do not maintain or update the protocol either. They only make uTorrent and only for profit. You can buy uTorrent or get a version full of ads.
Just use anything but uTorrent...even Vuze(Azereus) vastly outperforms uT with all that xbmc compatibilty, web monitoring/remote control and other feature bloat. Probably because it is open source and can actually be maintained by people who care to make something usable.