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0xDEF on Feb 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Z-Library Returns on the Clearnet in Full Hydra-Mo...

Why did they go so hard after Z-Library when all of the other Library Genesis mirrors are still up and running? Is it because Z-Library have ads and paid subscriptions while the others are non-profit volunteers?

xdfgh1112 on Feb 14, 2023 | [–]

They have limited resources, better to go after the one getting 99% of the traffic.

hellotomyrars on Feb 14, 2023 | [–]

Z-lib has more content than lingen and was more well known and had more traffic.

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