well, im aware you can find most things free if you look hard enough.
-but i dont want to wait 3 days to download that 500m patch for a game because the free links are slow, or 6 hours waiting in line.
-p2p and torrents are great, but some of the best research on the net you cannot find in such a half ass place
-i have a few community-private hookups, to some of the greatest file share dumps on these sites
cant always be a cheap ass. the good things in life are not free
plus these sites total me like 20 a month. so what? thats not money