The people behind it might have been laughing all the way to the bank. The phrase "easy money" suddenly took on a new meaning. Some people wonder if MettaDPR planned to run away with the money from the very start, or if they just decided to leave after making a lot of cash.

In the case of banks, and other sensitive websites, it is also common to see geography-based blocking (if a bank knows you generally access their services from one country, and suddenly you are connecting from an exit relay on the other side of the world, your account may be locked or suspended).

In the end, our goal is to help people answer hard questions. Not “what is my bank balance?”, or “where can I buy the cheapest shoes”, or “where is my friend Bill?” – these will be answered by smaller commercial services.

It worked for me in LibreWolf and Firefox, and that’s all I needed. Furthermore, this behavior by bank websites leads to users choosing insecure and memorable passwords. Using this trick will help you choose strong passwords for your bank account.

Having to decide what to buy and where to buy it from is mentally taxing. And watching your bank account balance decrease steadily doesn't make me happy. I think the times when nanochan was active (somewhere around 2021 December, I believe), were the happiest times in my life.