From the blog of Anna's Archive (the most authentic shadow library / libgen frontend):
> There is a new entrant: WeLib. They appear to have mirrored most of our collection, and use a fork of our codebase. We have copied some of their user interface improvements, and are grateful for that push. Sadly, we are not seeing them share any new collections, nor share their codebase improvements. Since they haven’t shown commitment to contributing back to the ecosystem, we advise extreme caution. We recommend not using them.
Any context on this? I see lots of recent works. Is this just an extension of the sci-hub concept to just everything?
2Gkashmiri · 3h ago
I don't think annas-archive.org is in the right here.
They all are working on pirated ahem libeerated content. Thats fine for me but then gatekeeping someone else when they charge people for "fast" downloads, this is bound to happen. Someone will provide the same service for cheaper or free.
That said, we need more such ecosystems and competition.
barnabee · 53m ago
I’d agree with you if the someone else shared their code…
But then I doubt AA would be taking the stance they are.
> There is a new entrant: WeLib. They appear to have mirrored most of our collection, and use a fork of our codebase. We have copied some of their user interface improvements, and are grateful for that push. Sadly, we are not seeing them share any new collections, nor share their codebase improvements. Since they haven’t shown commitment to contributing back to the ecosystem, we advise extreme caution. We recommend not using them.
https://annas-archive.org/blog/an-update-from-the-team.html
They all are working on pirated ahem libeerated content. Thats fine for me but then gatekeeping someone else when they charge people for "fast" downloads, this is bound to happen. Someone will provide the same service for cheaper or free.
That said, we need more such ecosystems and competition.
But then I doubt AA would be taking the stance they are.