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The issue is the provenance of the ads, there's way more ad publisher interested in nytimes, ebay, etc... it's even worse when you consider that people that sur
by dwild 12y ago
The issue is the provenance of the ads, there's way more ad publisher interested in nytimes, ebay, etc... it's even worse when you consider that people that surf piratebay probably use an ad blocker or won't be interested to buy any product.
I have an hard time though to believe they would be losing money. How could they afford to keep it online at that scale if they had to use their own money.
- johansch 12y agoHow does pornhub.com make money?
- sp332 12y agoWell, they have a higher Alexa ranking than the Pirate Bay, so it's probably easier for them to get advertisers. Also they're a near-monopoly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MindGeek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MindGeek On top of that, while porn may be objectionable to some advertisers' brands, it's still worlds better than the straight-up illegal content on the Pirate Bay.
- dwild 12y agoThere's a potential paying customer on a pornographic website, there's none on a illegal torrent tracker (or at least, there's less). There's always the possibility to advertise or sell live stream, access to other pornographic website, etc... You never saw any pornographic ads on Pirate Bay? That's mostly the ads that I saw the last time I went there, but I wasn't searching for porn at all. I'm pretty sure though that people that goes to pornhub want porn, so theses ads should generate more profit on pornhub than on Pirate Bay. We could also talk about brand association, etc... but I hope you already understood how it's easier to make money out of porn comparatively to illegal torrent tracker.
- benologist 12y agoConsidering they have a ton of ads being served this line of thinking is very unlikely, as they are clearly attracting advertisers who are spending money.