I see netland and striclyhosting here.
But maybe that your right man. If their host is flyincroc.
So you think that if they remove their counter Flyingcroc will say: Hey you removed our counter so we don't host you anymore? If I would own a hosting company I would like to keep some big players like them for the long run.
I would like to know the real reason from worldsex and thehun. Thehun posted several months ago about their spyware but I don't know why that counter is back on the main page.