> There are real people running the shadow libraries, they probably can't be "hacked" as easily as you think. There are real people running Reddit too (for ins

> There are real people running the shadow libraries, they probably can't be "hacked" as easily as you think. There are real people running Reddit too (for instance), including mods. That's not an insurmountable barrier. The shadow libraries have a particular vulnerability to spam, because AI-generated junk can overwhelm their capacity to moderate, but the natural response to the problem (block uploads) could ultimately kill the site. I imagine the main reason they can keep on top of things now is because there's not much interest in subverting their platform, but if it somehow becomes one of the "last good things" on the internet, I think that will change.