r/Piracy • u/VariationLivid3193 • Aug 16 '26

Humor μTorrent users when u ask them to switch to qBittorrent

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u/Onion_Cutter_ninja Aug 16 '26

Qbittorrent is too good. You can even search for torrents inside the app, amazing search engine and add-on. You don't need to visit websites.

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u/yurgendurgen Aug 16 '26

I have been using it for years but never knew it could search for torrents. Thank you, I like 1337x but still. 

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u/Avril_14 Aug 16 '26

It's really a revolution. You put all the sites you need into the plugin, and then you are set, you don't have to open a browser ever again.

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u/vincenator02 Aug 17 '26

You never have to come to daddy again?

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u/Carl-Anchor Aug 16 '26

Also great is that it can access content on websites that are banned in my country, such a Pirate Bay.

Visiting the website is not allowed in browser, but this is a loophole

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u/Cutsdeep- Aug 16 '26

How is your ban enacted? Dns? 

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u/JamesMattDillon Aug 16 '26

Yeah, same I never knew you could search for them

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u/lainrun Aug 16 '26

But you can search 1337x from inside qbittorrent without having to use browser.

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u/druidmind Aug 17 '26

TIL as well but I have been using Sonarr.

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u/danque Aug 16 '26

My only issue is that external updating. On program updating is the way of the future.

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u/Onion_Cutter_ninja Aug 16 '26

I use cachyOs so the updating process is just one click for all apps but on windows yeah it should be more streamlined and not downloading a setup.exe

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u/DerangedGecko Aug 16 '26

I'm on Windows but run qbit through docker. Every night, I run a backup of my containers, and since the scheduled job is already running, I have it pull updates for my containers.

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u/matt00747 Aug 17 '26

You know that there is a way on Windows to update all apps using a single command line 😬

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u/BearEither8119 Aug 16 '26

switch to linux buddy

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u/RunnerLuke357 Aug 16 '26

Not until all of my games work. Don't tell me "most" work because I want my multiplayer w/ anticheat games to work.

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u/Creepy-Cantaloupe951 Aug 16 '26

Only if you like a binary loading and running mystery code on your host, is it the way to go.

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u/danque Aug 16 '26

It's always optional on most that have it, it's just extra benefit of having fewer clicks so that people don't download the new setup.exe themselves.

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u/FatPenguin42 Aug 16 '26

I use docker so it just updates itself

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u/WackyConundrum Aug 16 '26

Well, on Linux it hasn't been a problem since the start of 21 century. Other OSes are lagging behind, sure.

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u/DIABOLUS777 Aug 16 '26

Hmm been using it for years and I didn't know about the search...

Now I need to configure some plugins for it, got some links?

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u/Avril_14 Aug 16 '26

There's a guide in here somewhere, just search "reddit qbittorrent search plugin"

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u/DnB_4_Life Aug 16 '26

Been using for years...How did I not know about the built in search?!

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u/Yungsleepboat Aug 16 '26

This is especially good in countries where pirating sites are blocked. In the Netherlands, the court ordered ISPs to not resolve to pirating websites, but only on port 80 and 443. Going through qbittorrent allows me to browse them without TOR browser anyways. LOVE IT!

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u/Technical-Row8333 Aug 16 '26

Mmmh where does the search go? 

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u/HighSeasArchivist Aug 16 '26

I very rarely use a site. If radarr/sonarr don't grab it then at least 99% of the time the built-in search will.

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u/Onion_Cutter_ninja Aug 16 '26

Security reasons and qbittorent is just clean af and not heavy on the system, being supported still. utorrent after that version is considered malware.

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u/ScroogeMcQuacks Aug 16 '26

Qbittorrent is so much superior to anything else. It has every feature you could possibly want, great settings that let you change the behavior perfectly and most importantly for me: You can easily bind it to a VPN.

Why would you still be running adware

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u/Cobthecobbler Aug 16 '26

Not every feature, but damn near close. I just wish there was a toggle somewhere in the settings to move stalled torrents to the bottom of the queue automatically. Very surface level example for sure but genuinely the only thing I can think for them to add

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u/humanmanhumanguyman Aug 16 '26

I would love a piece view like Tixati for a little more detailed information when a torrent is having issues

Also wish it would attempt to reconnect after connection drops, if your internet hiccups you have to restart the program or it will just stay offline forever

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u/skel66 Aug 17 '26

I use deluge I like how simple and barebones it is

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u/ScroogeMcQuacks Aug 17 '26

Deluge isnt terrible but binding it to a VPN is a hassle

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u/redditorroshan Aug 16 '26

I just use uTorrent Web because it's one of the only web based torrent clients. I prefer to have as many apps as web based

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u/Toonomicon Aug 16 '26

They all have web uis. Just have to enable it.

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u/MattOruvan Aug 17 '26

qBittorrent has a web UI, Transmission too, so not sure what you're talking about.

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u/NinjaWK Aug 16 '26

I love my transmission

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u/Mcfrlnd38 Aug 17 '26

thought I was alone out here

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u/NinjaWK Aug 17 '26

It's sad, not many users transmission. I have zero issues whatsoever for almost 20 years. I remember I started using before I graduated from college, using them at my dorm. Before that I was using BitComet, uTorrent, Azure. After I switched to Transmission, I had zero issues. So lightweight and it just works. I graduated Spring 2007, so I must have used it since around the end of 2006, on a Mandrake desktop.

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u/Blissfield_Kessler Aug 17 '26

was loyal transmission user but then maintainerr only works with qbittorrent so I had to swap over cause I was too lazy to clean up myself.

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u/NinjaWK Aug 18 '26

Prowlarr Sonarr Radarr all work, and I use Jellyseerr (now Seerr)

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u/Jumpy-Roll7386 Aug 16 '26

Pretty sure those are the people who use yt shorts recommendation for torrenting.

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u/teymuur Aug 16 '26

I have only seen a few people use utorrent irl but the usual reason is that they used really old tutorials for torrenting

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u/browning12 Aug 17 '26

This is a top tier insult. Love it

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u/CatarinenseNEET Aug 16 '26

They use chrome too.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '26

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u/Jumpy-Roll7386 Aug 16 '26

I am indian. Tik tok is banned in India

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u/Staff_Senyou Aug 16 '26

Meanwhile, tixati people are like: huh?

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u/Gnatschbert Aug 16 '26

Are there any benefits over qBittorrent?

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u/DepravedPrecedence Aug 16 '26

No

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u/humanmanhumanguyman Aug 16 '26

it auto reconnects if connection drops, so if you have spotty internet its automatically better. With qbit you have to fully close and reopen.

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u/TheNetworksDownAgain Aug 16 '26

Why? I forgot Tixati was a thing

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u/Zahmbomb1337 Aug 16 '26

Tixati gang.

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u/Gothicawakening Aug 16 '26

I think I may be the last person still using Deluge!

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u/tumguy Aug 16 '26

Brother!!!!

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u/Kaboose666 Aug 16 '26

There are dozens of us.

Even found a neat windows script that keeps my VPN bound without needing docker overhead.

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u/eirebrit Aug 16 '26

Same here. Does everything I need it to: downloading and seeding.

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u/wombat4skin Aug 16 '26

I usually see this with people who learned to pirate stuff in the 2000's and just don't keep up with the times

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u/Garland_Key Aug 16 '26

People still use uTorrent? That app became trash over a decade ago. In its day, it was legit though. 

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u/fudge_u Aug 16 '26

Been torrenting since the beginning. Switched from U to Q several years ago and never looked back. U used to be good back in the day because it was a lightweight client but over the years it became bloated.

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u/Brodakk Aug 16 '26

Made the switch last year and never been happier. Qbit is fucking amazing.

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u/hansipro Aug 16 '26

People still using uTorrent won’t listen. Don’t waste your time.

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u/ohhellnaww99 Aug 16 '26

Looks at the Larp

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u/Educational_Oil_7757 Aug 16 '26

Looks at the Live Action Role Play

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u/oli_ramsay Aug 16 '26

I've been using deluge for years. Is there a better option?

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u/Getafix69 Aug 16 '26

I've always liked Tixati for Windows and Libretorrent for Android.

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u/ThePanasonicYouth Aug 16 '26

Torrent users when you ask them to DDL instead

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u/Significant_Pool8432 Aug 16 '26

deluge users 👀

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u/Extreme-Attention641 Aug 16 '26

And here I am, still using Tixati.