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Re:Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent s... by Fnoord on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @03:34AM (#13424952)
I never see any banners on Imgur. I block banners.

What Extratorrents and The Pirate Bay do tho seems to be something akin to clickjacking. I click on a link to a torrent search result (or a download link), a tab opens, and it immediately closes. Rest assured this generates them money.

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Re:Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent s... by ErikDub on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @06:19AM (#13425582)
That is your adblocker closing the popup as soon as it opens. For users without an adblocker the tab stays open.
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