Monday 7 January 2013
uTorrent, the world's most popular Torrent client, came under intense criticism after announcing that it would introduce "sponsored" automatic downloads in future releases. The ads will now be opt-out, but uTorrent will continue to experiment with new revenue models to earn money from its 125 million active users, accordingly to a company statement. uTorrent is estimated to have a 75 percent market share across platforms. Furious users have threatened to abandon it for revert to much older versions.
