BitTorrent Reportedly Laid Off Dozens Of Employees

HardOCP News · Apr 24, 2015

According to anonymous sources on the internet, about 40 people have been laid off from BitTorrent.

Multiple anonymous sources reportedly confirmed that about 40 of the company's 150 domestic employees were sacked yesterday morning. BitTorrent has struggled to turn a profit over the last couple of years.

Ashbringer · Apr 24, 2015

I'm not even sure how Bit Torrent makes money. Yet this protocol eats up like half the internet bandwidth.

heatlesssun · Apr 24, 2015

Ashbringer said:
I'm not even sure how Bit Torrent makes money. Yet this protocol eats up like half the internet bandwidth.

Ads and spyware.

temujin987 · Apr 24, 2015

Ashbringer said:
I'm not even sure how Bit Torrent makes money. Yet this protocol eats up like half the internet bandwidth.

video streaming is half the internet traffic and bittorrent is only less than 10% of traffic. source

Parja · Apr 24, 2015

Huh, so I just learned that BitTorrent is an actual company.

lostinseganet · Apr 24, 2015

Ashbringer said:
I'm not even sure how Bit Torrent makes money. Yet this protocol eats up like half the internet bandwidth.

they make hardware

BitTorrent Reportedly Laid Off Dozens Of Employees

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