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Re:LibGen's Bloat Problem by Invictus0 on Sunday August 21, 2022 @11:29AM (#32541120)
Yes, that makes you a data hoarder. Normal people would just use one of the many other methods of getting free books, like legal libraries, googling it on Yandex, torrents, asking a friend, etc. Or just actually pay for a book.
Re:LibGen's Bloat Problem by liberalgeneral on Sunday August 21, 2022 @12:04PM (#32541468)
My target audience is not normal people though, and I don't mean this in the "edgy" sense. The fact that we are having this discussion is very abnormal to begin with, and I think it's great that there are some deviants from the norm who care about the longevity of such projects.

I can imagine many students and researchers hosting a mirror of LibGen for their fellows for example.

Re:LibGen's Bloat Problem by Invictus0 on Sunday August 21, 2022 @12:10PM (#32541542)
In that case, just pay whatever it costs to store the data. With AWS glacier it would cost $50 a month.