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Given that domain seizure is becoming such a common tool for this sort of thing, maybe we need a work around for DNS?
For example, we could distribute z-library name/IP pairs in the form of a
hostsfile via torrents and then write little wrapper programs for each OS that would just crawl the DHT for the latest version to update your local hosts file.A more extreme option would be to build a pirate browser that has a bunch of name/IP pairs baked into it. People could just launch the browser and visit websites as usual without DNS being an issue.
I'm aware that using Tor is also an option, but there's a bunch of problems there with usability like installation and setup (for non-technical people). Onion URLs aren't easily discoverable either, and much of what you find in there just kids cosplaying as digital freedom fighters posting links that load really slowly... at least that was my experience the last time I tried out a TOR browser.
They can just do it like LibGen and post alternative domains and IPs on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis
What you're looking for is an alternative DNS root. Although I despise the blockchain, crypo and web3 world with every fiber of my being due to the entire scam ecosystem built into everything, decentralized DNS could be one of the only legit applications of blockchains as a technology. No court can order blockchains to take down domains, much like how no court can order Bitcoin to reverse transactions. You don't have the private key to change the domain? Too bad, fuck off.
Could you explain your complaints with blockchains and web3? Genuinely curious
Not the lemming you asked, but as far as I can tell the issue is that due to the unregulatable nature of blockchain, scammers like SBF are almost an inevitability with the tech as long as we are trying to use it to make money out of thin air. In the long term this will only further erode public trust of new technologies.
Thanks
The best solution I can think of is to have something like Tor.taxi
Bittorrent already doesn't depend on DNS. Any clown solution that depends on DDL will always be inferior to just straight up Bittorrent.
You know what? Insulting people isn't helping. I'm just going to block you.
I didn't insult anyone but yeah since you feel attacked go ahead, snowflake.
I love how you follow up the "I didn't insult anyone" defense immediately with an insult. Can't help yourself?
Obvious troll is obvious
That is so so so dumb that it's actually impressive you decided to add on being a dick to top it off.
Although I agree that bit torrent is a good protocol, DDL is still a valuable method of maintaining mass accessibility, and an important aspect of transport as it requires next to no background skills or knowledge, it's also symbolic to the concept that many people simply do not believe piracy is necessarily a crime unless it turns a profit, or prevents or reduces a sale from occurring.
Why are libraries still existing despite all the wild cunt kings high on their own megalomania who've gone and burned libraries and attempted to destroy civilization?