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Re:U.S. court orders LibGen to pay $30M to publishers, issue... by chid on Thursday September 26, 2024 @06:14PM (#41664088)
Do they even have advertising normally?
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Re:U.S. court orders LibGen to pay $30M to publishers, issue... by whimsicalism on Thursday September 26, 2024 @06:19PM (#41664130)
yes i believe so
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Re:U.S. court orders LibGen to pay $30M to publishers, issue... by popcalc on Thursday September 26, 2024 @07:20PM (#41664617)
Anna doesn't have any advertising. Their income is purely driven off donations, most of which are part of subscription packages that offer faster downloads.
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Re:U.S. court orders LibGen to pay $30M to publishers, issue... by whimsicalism on Friday September 27, 2024 @01:03AM (#41666437)
yeah meant more libgen, which i believe some instances have ads.

anna's has "donations for speed" and dark pattern hide the links to the fast external websites

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