despite my criticism of the pirate bulk data service I like the idea of replacing physical libraries with all their dust an questionable agendas. Anna's Archive could champion freedom of information.
unpopular opinion: A lousy library that cares more about its "business" or operational model than about the books it offers and the users it serves. Just data. More than one can read in a lifetime. Leechers were these types called on bbs:es back in the day. I'd call it "bulk data service" rather than library. Scihub and Libgen seem to have an idea of freedom of information but Anna's is just a free beer type of freedom.
Anna's archive is a professional nonprofit business with donation tiers for terabyte bundles of stuff for greedy hoarders and llm trainers. Their style suggests they have other goals than freedom of information and reminds of the super rich wikimedia foundation always campaigning for more money.
one would think that those jobs identified as superfluous or dispensable are in administration more than in engineering. The lay-off procedure itself looks very bureaucratic and makes HR, lawyers, and managers indispensable. Cunning plan.