I would like to support the uTorrent development and - to be honest - get rid of annoying ads in the application but I'm not a big fan of the whole subscription idea. That's why I'm not getting uTorrent Plus. I'd prefer to pay a one time fee, just to support uTorrent and get rid of the advertisements.
There are several reasons for my disdain of subscription schemes:. One sell - a steady stream of income. Customers pay for more than they usually need. If I'm allowed to be blunt: it's a rip-off. I prefer to pay a one time fee for a license and get free minor updates bug fixes and minor enhancements. Whenever there's a new major release with significant new features it's up to the developer to convince me that it's worth an upgrade.
If I don't like it, or don't think it's worth it, I don't have to buy it. Since users pay an annual fee, the developers might feel obliged to constantly add features, even though they might have run out of good ideas. Over time the software becomes bloated with useless features that no one really wanted.
As far as I can see there is no real subscription service built into the uTorrent Plus package. All I get are a few added features, most of which I already have other applications for antivirus, file conversion, remote access.
Torrenting is an activity that is especially vulnerable to hackers and other malicious actors. Unfortunately, there are very few things you can do to ensure that the file you want to download is legitimate. First, a VPN service hides your IP address , thereby keeping your location and device information safe from third-party access. No one in the world, including your internet service provider or any government agency, will be able to spy on you and your online activities.
This opens up the opportunity for you to access torrent sites or any other kind of website that are only available to users in certain countries. For example, with a VPN, U. If you want to make sure your internet service provider is not able to do that, then use a VPN service. So which VPN service should you sign up for? That depends on your own personal needs and requirements. You should also make sure that the VPN service you sign up for has a kill switch feature along with a money-back guarantee.
As for the money-back guarantee, any VPN service worth its salt would not shy away from offering a reasonable money-back guarantee. That way, you can sign up for the service risk-free, test it out and make a decision before making a long-term commitment.
In our list of the best VPNs for torrenting linked above , we only listed VPN service providers that offer a money-back guarantee of at least seven days. Some of the VPNs on our list go further than that by offering users a day free trial.
All the VPNs that made it to our list offer cheap rates and a good range of features. Whether or not the extra features are worth the money will depend entirely on you. Seems like the more I learn, the less I know!! If you covered that in the article, apologies for missing it. This is a question that BitTorrent, the company, has been tackling with its uTorrent client over the last couple of years. The ability to rate and comment on torrents, drag-and-drop sharing, remote management via uTorrent Remote, the App Studio, and addition of many independent and creative commons content partners have all made uTorrent an excellent and free tool that goes well beyond straight-up, pedal-to-the-metal torrenting.
The new freemium app is called uTorrent Plus, it has all of the usual uTorrent features, but it also bakes in a slew of very desirable perks: virus protection, integrated video playback, video and audio transcoding for any connected smartphones, tablets, and consoles, and a supercharged uTorrent Remote that can access your downloaded files from anywhere in the world.
Read on for some hands-on impressions, but bear in mind that this is a pre-alpha version where a lot of features are broken, and a lot of functionality will change. At the end of the review, we have uTorrent Plus early-access, one-year subscriptions to give away.
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