So recently LibGen got taken down due to the indirect interference of Meta (literal stealing) and media influencers (they might as well have been using megaphones to advertise it in front of law enforcement). It's very likely that they'll move on to other host websites like z library, Anna's, and maybe even access websites like scihub and 12ft.
As someone who couldn't find what I needed on them, bought a book, scanned it and uploaded it to LibGen before, it annoys me to see people take advantage of these hosts, it's like your parents giving you a bit more pocket money because they won a lottery and you tell the neighborhood about it.
So what's the next step if we want these hosts to keep existing? Do we need to hide it better? Keep opening new hosts? Or is it just inevitable that everyone will need to dish out hundreds of dollars to the publishers?