In the case of 3.x it should be shunned but 2.2.1 works better than anything. You get linked old exploits that were fixed well before 2.2.1 (and were really just potential crashes anyway, not actual exploits) and you get linked the json-rpc issue that never actually worked on uTorrent 2.2.1 and never crashed 2.2.1 either. The thread in r/piracy is an example of this.
It is old therefore it must have active exploits, but of course there are none known (and uTorrent 2.2.1 has beaten at least three absurdly critical failures that the more modern clients including 3.x have had thanks to 2.2.1's excellent design). The big problem the haters seem to have with 2.x, mainly 2.2.1 since most hardcore uTorrent users use it, is that old equals bad. They made many bad decisions and failed to focus on what made 2.x great.ģ.x is a mess compared to 2.x and I dont think anyone would disagree.
You really have to divide uTorrent into 3.x and pre-3.x to get a sense of why they dont like uTorrent as a brand.ģ.x was designed to be commercialised after it was sold off.
