You know, I went to look at a new project on sourceforge, thinking I'd quickly prove you wrong. (I don't know why I still have any faith in sourceforge.)
Guess what happened? I clicked on TWO SEPARATE ADS with a download now image in them.
I captured it because I assume the ads change, but wow, terrible: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s3/sh/78c81dc2-0a90-4e0a-8676...
I eventually found the files link, and then clicked a download. And was taken to download page where I had to wait for my download to start, with some more ads.
Yeah, screw that.