It makes me sad to think about how many physical archives were digitized & then scrapped "to save space" "it's OK bc the digital archives will always be available to the public" and now many of the digital archives are only available to those members of the public who are willing to pirate things.
To be clear I am a member of the public who is allegedly willing to pirate things and it’s totally awesome to have free access to basically all books ever published. I just wish the governments and corporations of the world would stop trying to shut down the sketchy websites I get this stuff from