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Re:Is the ArXiv safe from the current US Government attacks? by mmooss on Saturday February 15, 2025 @05:08PM (#43062873)
Professionals in wealthy countries have access to licensed, legal sources. Do you mean people in other countries?
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Re:Is the ArXiv safe from the current US Government attacks? by _Algernon_ on Sunday February 16, 2025 @05:07AM (#43066901)
When I had access to academic journals through my (western, wealthy) institution I would still mostly use scihub.

The simple reason was that I got conditioned to doing that because the login wall to doing it legitimately was often too painful. At a certain point my workflow switched to checking scihub first, then going the legal path if scihub failed.

It saves a lot of time, and I suspect it is a lot more common than most people think.

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