Based on this episode of Darknet Diaries: https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/93/ https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/93/ It sounds like they buy up dead/dying on

Based on this episode of Darknet Diaries: https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/93/ https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/93/ It sounds like they buy up dead/dying online properties, fire basically everyone, put the service on life support to keep it barely functioning, milk all the money they can from the remaining users as the service goes to shit, buy something else.