I can't claim that I was the first to have this thought, but I will post it to provide a possible positive counterpoint: If these adverts are for legitimate, l

I can't claim that I was the first to have this thought, but I will post it to provide a possible positive counterpoint: If these adverts are for legitimate, legal torrents, their addition to the client could greatly increase the fraction of torrent traffic that is, well, legal. This would help put an end to the "all torrent traffic is illegal" argument for throttling and blocking used by ISPs and governments. So perhaps this is a ploy to make some advertising money, but with a subplot of ensuring torrents keep working the way they do.