Sunday, December 11th 2011
uTorrent Goes Freemium: $24.95/Yr Option For Extra Features
Well, it looks like the freemium model of selling software is working quite well in the industry, as Bram Cohen's very popular BitTorrent application, uTorrent, has just adopted this model. Known for being fast, efficient and light on system resources, it has now gained a few pounds, sorry features in version 3, some of which are available only for a subscription of $24.95 per year. These include things like an antivirus scanner powered by BitDefender, a media player and integrated support for converting popular video file types such as MPEG4, H.264, Theora, and VP8, as well as MP3, AAC and AC-3 audio files. The media player is interesting, in that it allows playback of videos that are still downloading. Note that this feature is also available in the free version.
For those that still want to hang on to the lean and mean free version, it's still available and isn't going away any time soon. Both versions can be compared here. Perhaps it's ironic that this legal application which is often used for software "piracy" can now itself be pirated… Cohen's take on this will be interesting.
Source:
TechSpot
For those that still want to hang on to the lean and mean free version, it's still available and isn't going away any time soon. Both versions can be compared here. Perhaps it's ironic that this legal application which is often used for software "piracy" can now itself be pirated… Cohen's take on this will be interesting.
92 Comments on uTorrent Goes Freemium: $24.95/Yr Option For Extra Features
And once again I can't for the life of me understand why qubit was allowed to post editorials.
WELL this is a proven service you all enjoy....PAY FOR IT.
Gonna mark this thread to my favs. so next time I hear that stupid ass argument for stealing Ill just link it here.
Also, it's obvious you've never done any journalism or writing, or you'd know that writing an editorial takes a lot more time, thought and effort than just repeating someone else's news. Therefore, you're just speaking out of ignorance.
Also, I never even go into the standard uTorrent UI except when I first configure it on a new machine(about once a year). I use it daily, but I never use the standard UI, so I'll never even see the featured torrent thing.
I also have no ad at the top??
Anyway, I'm making a lot more money writing news elsewhere now (in just the same style, too). ;)
Now use Tixati ( very lightweight torrent client, no overhead, no ads, no bullshit, it works just like the original tiny uTorrent client used to ). The best part is it is super fast, and browsing never slows down anymore even while dling multiple torrents at around 2 MBps dl speeds.
Try it, it rocks!! The only thing I did was forward my ports in the settings to my static ip address, no need to change any other settings in it... except maybe your default downloads folder location of course...
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