shutting down our sponsors is a great tactic. every flash kit reseller who let me read their shutdown letters where closed by paypal because of a direct letter from nintendo.
for most users i think they just see a gaming site that talks about piracy. but if you look a little deeper you may see some problems. for example, many 100% homebrew sites won't let their users link back to gbatemp. my gbatemp interview project was ended because homebrew devs outright refused to be associated with gbatemp. i've even had 1 flash kit team blame me for the their loss in revenue based on completely truthful (yet negative) comments i made about their product. be it good or bad, we are extremely popular and have made an impact on this hobby.
paranoid or not, it isn't that far fetched.
-another world