The bigger wtf seems to be the level of ignorance over the use of the name BitTorrent. It is both the name of the protocol and the website/company, all created by Bram Cohan.
Whilst the article is badly written and there is a lot of ambiguity between the protocol and the company, the comments are even worse with people decrying "there is no 'they' to 'sell out'". The author needs to double check facts and be more clear in their wording and the commenter’s need to check things out before exposing their ignorance..
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