Dajadues opened this issue on Sep 30, 2007 · 41 posts
kobaltkween posted Wed, 03 October 2007 at 2:19 PM
just a comment: i was really glad as a freebie "customer" when ShareCG popped up. most of the free file hosting sites bombard me with nasty ads and suspicious cookies that i frequently have to accept to download the item in question. some don't work in Firefox, and all have been pretty annoying to me usability wise. i read at DAZ some installed trojans and spyware on people's machines. ShareCG has been a much better place to frequent.
on the separate downloads for multiple images thing, i can't see what the problem is, myself. i frequent lots of free stock photo sites and such, and none bundle images in a set to my knowledge. and i've only rarely downloaded a whole "set" of photos. usually, if it's the same subject, i choose which shot i think is best. i mean, sets of photos are cool and all, but i much prefer the one download per image approach as it means i don't get tons of photos i don't want with one i do. if the site was Share3d i'd say photos have little place there, but in this case...
i personally don't see why someone should morally bundle their photos unlike the dozen or so sites i've got bookmarked. not that i don't understand being annoyed or think some aren't taking advantage, but i think it's a mistake to assume usage compliant with the standard in free stock photos, the source of much 2d CG, is deliberately malicious.