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[–] tomalley8342@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Selfish chuds were routinely bypassing download limits

Huh?

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

RTFA

In the past several months, many specialized download managers were created that completely bypassed the site, donation messages, and download protections. Some of these download managers locked certain features behind a paywall that required users to pay in order to gain access. The use of Myrient for commercial, for-profit purposes has always been strictly forbidden. Such egregious and abusive usage of the site cannot be tolerated anymore.

[–] tomalley8342@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

I read it which is why I was surprised, because the front page gives the impression that unrestricted free access is kind of its shtick?