uTorrent’s New Altruistic Mode Baffles Enthusiastic File-Sharers

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By enforcing a 2:1 sharing ratio, Altruistic Mode appears to be designed for the file-sharer who really wants to give back to the community. The announcement centered around Altruistic Mode, an option buried away in the clients’ preferences that ensures that the downloader who enables it always maintains a share ratio of 2:1. That being said, people simply can’t see why they need the feature, with others pointing out how it could even be self-defeating “Ironically, for this ‘mode’ to work it requires leeches. It’s also why Altruistic Mode probably won’t be a success, particularly when torrent etiquette can already achieve the end goals – plenty of well-seeded content. “The only thing [the mode] will produce are a bunch of smug people bragging about how they are altruistic seeders,” says TF reader Nighter3D.

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