[johannes1234321]

That was Flattered 1.0. Peter Sunde let his connection to Flattered go to avoid issues with the PirateBay case, else there was the risk that the legal charges could have damaged flattr ... but Flattr 1.0 never managed to be really profitable (too few sites with a Flattr button -> not gaining many active users -> less sites with Flattr button) thus they sold out to those Adblocker Guys ....

[bonqis]

Ok, that is not really what happened. But it's a too long story for a HN comment ;)

[johannes1234321]

Yes, and the exact true story is only know by the ones involved :-)

[bonqis]

Yes, like me.