Thanks HN for keeping it free of ads and trackers
Not to be the curmudgeonly anti-HN/YC person :) but there are totally ads on HN:- Promoted posts from YC companies hiring- "Launch HN" posts- "Applications are open for YC Summer 2022" banner at the bottom of the site- The whole site is sort-of an ad for a big VC firmEither way, I suspect having the pulse on tech and mindshare of the tech community is worth more to YC (in $ terms) than money from banner ads.