Stop using Utorrent, not only this program consume a high amount of RAM, it also install on your PC a lot of adware, spyware and cryptocurrency miners.
uTorrent Download Speed dead ?
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I seem to remember utorrent adding trackers from other torrents I added with the same files after prompting me and asking; even though they weren't the same torrents just the same files. I'm not 100% sure how this works. 'parts' might need to be compatible somehow. I think that now it is more useful to use other apps to download. I suggest to everyone, to take a look at lumigon.com, it is a blog for householders. Here you can find a lot of tips about tech, home and more others that can be useful advice for your problems.
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I really don't understand why people use torrents unless they can't find the downloads elsewhere. It's totally possible to find 99.99% of every game other than a rare game from 15-20 years ago on occasion without ever using torrents. They're terrible, and in my case I would get notices being threatened to be sued. I haven't used a torrent in probably 10 years yet I am able to get every game I want, regardless if it's for PC or console.
They're faster, less susceptible to file corruption (or poisoning - when someone uploads a clean file and then replaces it with an infected one once the upload is trusted; can't do this with torrents because of hashing), aren't capped like most file lockers, typically safer as releases tend to come from vetted uploaders, aren't nearly as prone to DMCA takedowns, more convenient than downloading multi-part links, clients can download to remote locations, etc.
That's on you for not taking the proper privacy measures. At the very least use a block list if you're going to use public trackers, and use a VPN if you plan to seed back to them. Downloading from a file locker can also get you a cease and desist, especially if the files you download get DMCA'd, as copyright holders like to subpoena access records in these cases. This is harder to do with a torrent, and typically requires a copyright holder to engage in seeder poisoning. This is when they upload their own stuff just to catch pirates.
To each their own I guess, but a bad carpenter blames his hammer for a poor job.
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Nah you can get faster speeds without hoping there's seeders (which you are completely dependent on, that's a fact) just using regular downloads. You're using a method that was popular in 2006 and is completely useless in 2021. Get with the times.
If it were useless, it wouldn't still be the predominant method of large file transfers. They're even used legitimately for the distribution of operating systems, indie films, and freeware, which is immensely beneficial for saving on bandwidth costs. Hell, even Trent Reznor runs his own torrent tracker because he encourages artists to use the protocol for distribution. As far as being at the mercy of seeders goes, I fail to see how this is any different from being at the mercy of a file locker. Lockers have transfer caps unless you pay for premium (or use some sketchy leecher site that makes you drudge through monetization links en infinitum), and DMCA takedowns as well as limitations by the locker itself consistently result in dead links. Quite honestly, the only time I have an issue with seeders is if I'm downloading some obscure film, which really isn't an issue since I can wait for something I really want. Games and software in general have never had a problem. This is usually because uploaders have dedicated servers known as seedboxes that can seed a torrent for forever. Since these boxes are dedicated for this, speeds are never hindered. The BT protocol is inherently faster than HTTP, too, so a file locker will never be faster. It's literally impossible because of the limitations of HTTP itself. It just sounds to me like you don't know the technology and how to use it properly, so you blame the technology itself. I also sense a bit of projection here considering file lockers were more popular in 2006 than torrents. I can't imagine going back to digging through forums and random Blogspot sites just to *maybe* find working links that'll maybe be done in 4+ hours depending. It's just masochistic to do it these days.
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yeah, I wouldn't use utorrent anymore. the torrent site I got to even has it blacklisted, because it has security problems. I use a different app now, but I still use the utorrent download folder that I created.
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what I usually do is use that site to download tv shows. some seasons had missing episodes, so I used usenet to download the missing episodes. I have them all on my nvidia shield. the site I use with usenet names the single episode downloads really weird, so I use tv rename to name everything correctly.
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what I usually do is use that site to download tv shows. some seasons had missing episodes, so I used usenet to download the missing episodes. I have them all on my nvidia shield. the site I use with usenet names the single episode downloads really weird, so I use tv rename to name everything correctly.
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I bet you most people that insist on using antiquated torrents don't even know how to use jdownloader and they go deerrr there's all these parts and I have to download them individually and it takes forever. Nope you copy paste them in jdownloader and it downloads them all for it. It's the best download tool ever made.
I just downloaded the updated Cyberpunk for PC (full game with new 1.2 update) in 30 minutes with jdownloader.
If it's something like TV shows or movies and there's no regular download links that makes sense to use torrents (although I personally just use streams) but games nope you can find every game made in the last 25 years (probably more like every game ever made) easily with regular downloads. Torrents aren't necessary for games.
I just downloaded the updated Cyberpunk for PC (full game with new 1.2 update) in 30 minutes with jdownloader.
If it's something like TV shows or movies and there's no regular download links that makes sense to use torrents (although I personally just use streams) but games nope you can find every game made in the last 25 years (probably more like every game ever made) easily with regular downloads. Torrents aren't necessary for games.
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I don't use torrents for games. I usually use file hosts. however, the top of the heap is usually usenet. some of the providers won't acknowledge dmca takedowns at all. I have one that does though, astraweb, but I got it on sale on labor day for $4/month for life. it's usually $8, and I think it has one of the best retention at 4,000+ days, so anything within that radius of 4,000 days or lower can be downloaded at full speed, which is far better than anything a torrent can do. plus, no letters from your isp either if not using a vpn as you're connected to no one.
Its not always easy, especially with pc games. Console roms are pretty easy to find usually but getting a specific pc game with the latest update can be really hard without torrents. Theres a lot of lesser known steam games that are only cracked on ggn (and maybe usenet) and no where else. Also many console roms for specific regions/versions are torrent only.
That seems like an opinion more than a statement of fact
Use better sites or use a vpn/seedbox.
As i thought, youre using bad sources. The torrents i download can max out gigabit download easily.
Thats one way to say you only like super popular games. Even torrents dont have close to every game from the last 25 years, so ddl certainly doesnt.
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if we ever get a vpn, looking at nord vpn specifically, it will be up to my mother. she doesn't want to do it right now even though it's like $3/month for two years. I pay for the usenet service myself. that with the private tracker I use and I've never gotten an isp email. I used to with things like the pirate bay and whatnot though.
maybe learn what a torrent is, then youll have your answers.
those "seeding" from public sources usually set up speeds to 1kbps in order to maximize their downspeed, also consider those still downloading are considered as seeders too, then when its downloaded they stop the torrent.
your best off not using public peer2peer sites.
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Blatantly false you just don't know where to look.
Again wrong, see previous reply.
Not necessary at all so why should I? Especially since most are PAYING for vpns when they don't need to. Waste of money. I sure don't need to pay for vpns using regular downloads.
Do you think what you think about torrents being better is a fact?
No, youre wrong on this. You THINK that your sources have every game, but they dont. Theres more than just big AAA games and popular indies, and theres plenty of games that NO sources have, torrent or ddl. Do you know what games are in ggns library or in private usenet indexers? If you dont, then it seems foolish to make claims that would require that knowledge, dont you think?
Which is why i use better sources that dont get dmcas instead, but vpn is still a good option, especially since it has plenty of other uses outside of for downloading games
I never even said torrents were better, let alone that my opinion is fact. I simply said your statements were uneducated and misinformed.
usenet is pretty good. I've even posted things to it using yenc power post. I added par files to my downloads to fix any corruption. even if a provider does do dmca, the data is still there. it will just fail when connecting to the articles, but the data is there permanently really. I might need to find a better provider that doesn't care about dmca, but $4/month for life is fantastic.
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the only thing difficult really is finding a good indexer, which I guess would be like finding a good private tracker when it comes to torrents. I'm a member of two sites that I use. I haven't really looked for much, but I wanted I needed was available with those tv shows.
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the only thing difficult really is finding a good indexer, which I guess would be like finding a good private tracker when it comes to torrents. I'm a member of two sites that I use. I haven't really looked for much, but I wanted I needed was available with those tv shows.
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I shouldn't say torrents are useless they have a purpose like I mentioned before, for movies/tv shows/music. I hardly watch any shows or movies these days so I personally don't care and if I do I stream them because there's tons of sites you can just watch them on I don't need to possess the episodes. But as for games I'm probably one of the biggest rom/PC/Console game collectors there is and I haven't had to use a torrent since probably around 2011.
well, you do have rss feeds with usenet and some torrent sites. they will automatically download anything that fits a certain criteria, so you could have DUPLEX PS3 or something in the feed, and it will download everything that has those two words, and it will check it every 15 minutes or so. sometimes it downloads the wrong thing, but for the most part, you don't even have to be at your pc. and, with usenet, it will fix, and unzip the games automatically, and place them in a folder you designate once done. maybe some torrent apps can do this as well.
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I mean ok if you're obsessive compulsive and have to have the game when it hits the internet 0 minute which I know there are people like that, feel free to use torrents because PC games do usually hit torrents first. But I have several sites they'll be on the same day using 10 different non-torrent sources so I'm not losing any sleep over it.
You can automate torrent downloading similarly to usenet with scanning and downloading, I just set an autodl for kingdom hearts a few moments ago so that then its announced on the tracker itll be auto snatched. Im not sure about auto extracting, i never bothered to look into that. Usenet is fantastic for scene content, I always keep a few indexers as a backup.
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