[hnthr_w_y]

> Though Vuze was also one of the earliest clients and it's also open source for some reasons it never really became popular. Maybe because it's a Java client?

Funny story there.

Vuze had an addon/plugin system of sorts. Rather popular addons were the ones that allowed you to 'fake upload'.

Vuze didn't have this built-in or anything, but it just made it easier.

For that reason basically any and every version was banned from the reputable trackers of the day, private, obviously.

For the users of public trackers, this is obviously irrelevant but that basically killed it right there and then, in time.