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Switched from uTorrent to QBitTorrent (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Greyfoxsolid@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.ml

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So a bunch of people in this subreddit told me that uTorrent was trash and to switch to QBitTorrent.

I didn't think much of it. How could one be so much better than the other? They're both just torrent downloaders.

Holy shit was I wrong. I don't even really understand what is happening, but downloading torrents on QBitTorrent is so, so, so much faster and I don't even understand how.

A movie downloads in basically seconds compared to 10 or 20 minutes on uTorrent.

Why is this? What is this magic? What makes QBitTorrent so much faster?

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[–] aubertlone@lemmy.world 67 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Among other things, utorrent uses your CPU for some kind of crypto mining scheme.

No joke

[–] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow, really? Source?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://www.pcworld.com/article/432297/utorrent-quietly-installs-a-cryptocurrency-miner-on-users-computers.html

[–] BlanK0@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Classic cryptomining malware smh 😑

[–] ardi60@reddthat.com 18 points 2 years ago

I was utorrent user and now utorrent feels bloated and I think I need to start move on. So, qbittorrent is the answer

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

Years behind the trend, uTorrent is dangerous.

[–] Rand0mA@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Yeah i ditched utorrent years ago when the installer started being full of shit and adware apps. qbittorrent was how it used to feel

[–] BlanK0@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Qbittorrent really showcases why open source software really is peak software performance (or the potential of it)

[–] PR3CiSiON@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is deluge no good? That's what I use.

[–] Pwnmode@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Deluge is fine. Mainly the take away is that no one should be using uTorrent. It's been a terrible piece of software, at best and likely malware , for what feels like decades.

[–] candle_lighter@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Nothing wrong with Deluge

[–] TnF@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

did the same a few months ago..couldn't keep up with utorrent's shenanigans..it's full malware at this point..the core software was good however i miss it