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Bittorrent acquires uTorrent: a good deal for users?

Cyril Roger

Cyril Roger

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μtorrent.jpgYou may have heard that Bittorrent recently acquired uTorrent, the lighweight client. As Om Malik writes in a post, not too many users are “thrilled” by the deal. A quick look at forum posts reveals a majority of the utorrent community disapproves of the transaction. “This is possibly the worse news I have read in weeks” states one user. Another one says “it was good while it lasted”.

But is there really so much to fear from Bittorrent acquiring uTorrent? As Om Malik says, the deal could be what Bittorrent needs to push legal content to even more users. And with $28million raised in financing, Bittorrent will be able to invest more into uTorrent to keep developing and improving it. A perfect example of the headway that the lightweight client is doing is the new Web UI which will allow you to check your torrents from any computer, as long as you’re connected to the net.

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