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say_goodbye

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  1. I think normally an admin would come into this thread to tell you to go to the "Chat" or maybe even "Speed Problems" forum section, they may be more appropriate for your situation. However, you are getting useful answers compared to those supplied on the thread's actual topic -- but that could be because your problems are easier for the admins to address openly. Good luck...
  2. If by "it" you mean uTorrent, I believe many users are coming to that same conclusion.
  3. This message is a little long, but is summarized at the end. Perhaps this toolbar fiasco is for the best, I was stuck in a rut with uTorrent -- it always did everything I wanted, so I never looked at alternatives. Turns out there are some that look good. To the people that are blaming the users for installing this toolbar, or don't think the issue is important, a few questions: 1. Why is the toolbar installer confusing? 2. Could it be that no one would want to install it on purpose, so a little deception is needed? 3. Does anyone really want their homepage changed or every web search redirected? 4. Why are toolbar uninstall procedures obscure? 5. Is it possible that some people have trusted uTorrent for years, and just clicked upgrade? In fact, isn't that behavior EXACTLY what the installer is intended to provoke? 6. Is user's trust a feature or a bug? Should developers want user's trust, or want the users to doubt the developers motivations on every interaction with their programs? 7. What's next, BonziBUDDY for uTorrent? Why not? A couple more points: Users need to open holes in their firewalls, routers, etc. to make the best use of bittorrent clients. In addition, the program is intended for uploading/downloading files anwhere on the user's computer to any other computer in the world. It also has the capability to turn on and off the computer and start and stop the application on certain conditions. Now, it could be said these are user settings, that it will only do what you tell it...... But if you do not TRUST the motivations of the developers how do you know? You cannot examine the source code in uTorrent's case. Just a guess, but I bet the people that put all the hard work into making uTorrent a great program will not see a dime from the toolbar scam. Whatever little money it does make will go to some "marketing" or "business" jerks, or some other buzzword-spouting wastes of space. I have been testing Halite, an open source bittorrent client that reminds me a little of the original uTorrent. It is pretty rough around the edges, no hand-holding or decent help, but so far, so good -- decent speeds and even a 64-bit client. Maybe it will be my new choice for Windows to serve alongside Transmission for Linux. So far, I TRUST those two programs. In summary: Toolbars, home page hijackings, search redirections suck for many reasons. Blaming users does not make those reasons go away. Bittorrent clients need to be trusted to a certain degree. Worth trying: Halite for Windows, Transmission for Linux.
  4. I created this account just to reply to this thread and express my disgust with this new version. I jumped on the uTorrent bandwagon from the beginning five years ago, I have recommended it to anyone who I thought could benefit, and most importantly I have TRUSTED the program. On linux systems, I even avoided Transmission and Deluge - because I TRUSTED uTorrent and was willing to run it via WINE to have it. This new version with toolbars, homepage hijacking, etc, has more than violated my TRUST, it makes me sad. Sad that this long relationship has come to such an unexpected end. But it must, because I cannot TRUST uTorrent any longer. Now I need to contact my friends and warn them that the wonderful program I told them about has taken a horrible turn. Congratulations on destroying years of TRUST in an instant!
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