Quote - > Quote - They really offer no service or benefit other than a place for people to store freebies,

Apparantly, you have never been a newbie on a budget and/or do not appreciate the many wonderful items that contributors post and/or enjoy spending hours of creaative time searching the Internet for a free item that would be "just perfect" for a project/render.

How nice for you!

Yes I have been. And I maintain that there are more gigs and gigs of freebies out there that are VERY easy to locate without sharecg.

Should they go down, the only thing you loose is what is actually stored there. But there are thousands of freebies hosted on hindereds of websites. its really not that big a deal if they closed doors tomorrow.

Use google and search, its REALLY easy, and the vast majority of freebies are NOT at sharecg, but are at other sites anyway.

I've created and released many freebies as well, and I've done it to help others out, or provide something not available elsewhere. Why should I allow someone else to make money off something I've created and given to others for free?

 

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.