Quote - 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?

 

How is it making money off other people's work when the entire cost of the site (from what I understand over $1000/month) is paid by the owner? Where is the profit in that? As has been noted, the $10/year will only be for those who want an ad-free view. ALL others will still be free. I am guessing that there will be other perks for subscribers. We won't know until Monday what those are.

Yes, there are hundreds of sites avaialbe, but why should I spend my creative time searching all of them while possibly endangering my computer  to still not come up with want I am looking for?

I think it would be more in the vein of "to help others out" to not require them to visit in some cases poorly designed sites, sites that may contain viscious code, that contain many broken links, etc. in order to find what most times can be found very easily at ShareCG.