Why shouldnt the dev pay taxes?

Wikipedia's Sci-Hub:

In December 2022, in the journal Information Development, an academic researcher survey found, when confronted by a paywall, they try to find an open-access version, then ask colleagues with other credentials, then use shadow libraries.[2] 57% of respondents have used shadow libraries while 36% of respondents were unaware that shadow libraries exist.[2]

In other words, whether you use grassroots, collectivized forms of knowledge centralization (aka "shadow libraries") in your work depends entirely on whether you are aware they are an option. Those who know, use. Most know.

(That is one of more boring parts of that wikipedia page.)

I have considered dling via yt to make use of sponsor block as you suggest. Does it work?

Podcasts are extremely neglected in this general area. Few torrents exist. They are at high risk of disappearing off the internet forever because they cost a lot to keep hosted while producing zero revenue. Archiving is not happening as far as I know.

Add removal would be great. TIP if you use a VPN you might gets ads targeted to that country. Which in some cases is actually no ads. Hop around and see if you can kind the right one. It'll be different per distributor.

https://the-eye.eu/ https://eyedex.org/ had a massive collection of audiobook torrents. 1 torrent per letter of alphabet according to author last name. I assume it's still in there somewhere

I had some luck with this project https://gitlab.com/LazyLibrarian/LazyLibrarian I plan to re install soon.

Here is how your -16 vote post looks on hexbear:

they're evaluated by how the affect the people within

You can't second it because it isn't a motion. It's a discussion.

One day if we get our way you might have the chance to participate in a democracy. :) So you too can know the joys of a well run meeting, be it by Robert's Rules or some other system.

you want to ban extremists?

do you want to ban ham radio nerds because of how extremely retro they are?