Just updated uTorrent, which I haven't done since probably January of this year. First, as I installed it, it asked me if I wanted to download some album for free, a sponsor of uTorrent I'm assuming. I clicked yes, I'd download it. That in itself is a really cool idea, a far better idea than browser toolbars and the like.
I can see this working in better ways too, if they get a lot of sponsors they could give you a list of albums or shows you could download for free for promotional reasons. Or perhaps a "One day only, get this album for free!" type of deal. (I listened to the album by the way, or a little of it. Not for me, but still a cool idea)
uTorrent itself looks a bit different. It can stream videos you're downloading? It has apps? And it's still ridiculously small?
Something clicked for me when I saw this. I'm going to assume that the apps are reasonably easy to throw together. If we ever get to the point where someone does a really good online show that's ad-supported, would this app be a way to distribute it? Could uTorrent perhaps automatically downloaded new episodes? What a really cool idea.
I don't know what's ultimately going to come from this, but I feel like it's another step in the right direction. Like when the next big online video push comes, this will be in place to help with distribution. I see Make and TED both have videos you can download via an app, so maybe it's already happening.
Or maybe it's just late and I'm really tired.
I don't know...
David
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