LimeWire shuts down P2P service, looks to future

I forgot these apps existed when i dicovered torrents. Don't think anyone will miss this.

I didn't know they still existed.

torrent is musch better anyways lot less virus compared to lime wire

No bad thing, 99% of the stuff is spyware or a virus

One word Frostwire. Almost everyone in the know has made the switch. And I'm sure there will be many more backup applications in the works. Seriously..>What else would kids use. People say it's garbage but u look on any PC with kids and they all use it because it's easy. There is no alternative out there that works as well or well known that I know of.

i quit using LimeWire long time ago, probably 3 years back. Torrents are 'cleaner', and have many FLACs files. Simple google or 4shared search also usually gets me things that I want, also faster.

I haven't used this terrible program for many, many years. The only thing I had ever found Limewire to be good for was music. I turned to Yahoo Music a long time ago, and eventually had them swap me over to Rhapsody. I pay $6 a month for their highest plan and can't complain a bit.

I used to use Limewire back in middle school/early high school (about 4-5 years ago). In its defense, I actually liked it for a while. It was convenient, had good selection. Everyone talked about viruses, but I never seemed to have got one.

Of course I have since moved to torrents, mainly because of the far greater quality control. But I remember torrents being rather slow in the past, it is usually not the case anymore.

Limewire was like the best little *****house in Texas (The Chicken Ranch), only they weren't that great, it wasn't nearly as fun, you would get a bad case of gonorrhea every time you went, and they weren't in Texas.

Come to think of it, going to Limewire to download p2p was more like going down to the corner of 110th st. and Central Park West, rather than The Chicken Ranch, and instead of gonorrhea you get AIDS. /memories

Ares Galaxy is another option, but its not so popular, and considerably less malware on there.

Limewire... P2P softwares like that seems like yesterday's technology... or at least the way people pirate. On the other hand, there's still IRC and Torrents.

I remember using Limewire when I was in highschool, and you'd be damned if you found something with decent quality in it... That and trying to get a whole album was a pain in the ***. >_> (yes i know its considered pirating... now... )

Still, Loss of limewire doesn't seem anything important to say the least. They can disappear and never come back, and that is probably whats going to happen, die off like Kazaa :X

I also got rid of LimeWire a while back, happy torrent user

Maybe the internet will get faster now without all those machines downloading virus fill crap now. Huraah Huraah!

the bad thing of P2P tools is that u don't know what u r downloading......seeder may fool you all the way......

I never liked LimeWire so I don't really care they got shutdown. I care about RIAA sueing individuals.

I remember back on the day when I used Napster then switched to limewire then to frostwire, now its nothing but torrents, good ridins limewire. I'm sure more will follow suit, just a matter of time.

And what future would that be? Limewire's operators making license plates?

Yeah, it's about time. Limewire is full of viruses. Practically you are searching through viruses, not through music. There are far better alternatives, like torrents. So why even bother with limewire anymore. I think nobody is going to miss it

Limewire really last longer than its competitor and it is still good that it get closed. There was so many virus and malware shared on with this software - but I guess its not because of Limewire but because of P2P.

We most remember, P2P is a legal activity, but shared files may be licensed to NOT share them. It's like buying guns - you can buy guns but you can't kill people with it. Thats how I see P2P and illegal shared files.

Indeed....! "Guns don't kill copyrights, people do".....! :haha: