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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
It's not forbidden at all. Strangers (and anyone else) are very welcome to do that. You don't need a login ID to download the books, so anonymous strangers can even get books. But since that's not the *desired* state--since that's not what's *wanted*--which is ebook-related discussions--MR is not providing resources that would encourage an unwanted goal. Not even for the convenience of the regulars, who would happily stay & discuss even if "all the westerns" could be downloaded in one neat zip file.
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So the logic is that it's OK to inconvenience regulars in the hope that a stranger won't be able to "get something for free" and then leave. Doesn't that seem a little backwards? Wouldn't focusing on improving the experience encourage more people to stay, rather than hoping that people who are only interested in downloading books would somehow be encouraged to stay if the process to download was sufficiently tedious?
As was stated in the beginning of this thread, that's very similar to the same flawed logic that the content industry is currently using to "fight" piracy. Spend time trying to stop the leeches (who would never really be your customer anyway) instead of focusing on improving the product for your actual customers.