Am i misremembering or did Utorrent have a group chat feature? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by Comrade_Squid@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Around about 2013 Utorrent client had a group chat feature, I distinctly remember downloading a film near release and within the client fellow torrenters' where chatting, my then dyslexic ass cant recall the chat but given the date, most likely slurs.

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[-] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 57 points 11 months ago

YSK; utorrent is malware now. and it's stupid to run the extremely outdated version that is not.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 28 points 11 months ago

Yeah that was some unfortunate enshitification. Qbit caught up but it took awhile.

[-] droolio@feddit.uk 21 points 11 months ago

BiglyBT (aka Vuze previously Azureus) has a decentralised chat feature akin to IRC. It's not very active but it's technically very interesting and still working. Rooms can be based on per-torrent, language, region, general purpose and even custom.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 11 months ago

Oh damn I forgot about Azureus

[-] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't think there was. You might be confusing it with eMule, that still has a IRC client built in

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago

I used it, there was

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago

Yep! People very rarely talked back tho

[-] Hupf@feddit.org 1 points 11 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC%2B%2B maybe?

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