This 1000%^^^^
While I understand things take time effort and sometimes money.. it's scummy as fuck. People don't seem to realise that groups that actually regularly upload and interact with the community on here get support such as donations, Instead of begging like comiccondom
And, in contrast, it is the groups that treat their work as a product that brings the attention of the legitimate owners, and to the entire group of uploaders; not just themselves.
Uploading fan translations is a slippery slope. Not only is it easy to fall to any of the "darker" sides of this, but also easy to get the attention of those who could sue and shutdown the entire thing for everyone...
While this is unlikely for Mangadex, considering they are basically acknowledged by a number of the legal owners of various manga, it isn't impossible. (More likely a temporary shutdown while a periodic direct scan of that particular language's chapter is found and removed, than the entire website being removed permanently, but still.)
We must keep in mind that the vast majority of fan translators don't even bother trying to get permission to upload their works. It's not like it's never done, nor like no one has succeeded in getting permission; most simply don't try.
Just as importantly, A: it is the uploading to a publicly accessable location that is illegal and not the work (scanning, translating, editing, etc); and B: just because someone doesn't receive a cease and desist, or take down notice, doesn't mean implied permission as much as lack of visibility (i.e. that the upload simply hasn't been discovered yet) or lack of legal presence (i.e. it is uploaded somewhere where they don't have lawyers to demand it be taken down, or outside of international copyright laws).
The fan translators of the Bleach manga stated that they had permission to not only translate but to HOST their translations (up to two-three chapters if I recall) with documented evidence. So it is possible...
I always find it funny when I see a page begging or demanding that we readers not "post to social media" or reupload anywhere. Posting to social media makes them (and their -likely- Ad funded website) more visible and therefore more likely to be shut down (or identified and collectively sued), and reuploading takes it out of their control - which they themselves did to the publisher and Mangaka...
Finally, I'm by no means saying people shouldn't fan translated. I make full use of this website myself, so that would be shooting myself in the foot so-to-say. But really those who choose to upload their translations should do so ONLY fully understanding and acknowledging what they are doing and the consequences therein. If they don't or refuse to do so it will only hurt the community more. (No, you do NOT
deserve anything from us for your work. You abandoned that RIGHT when you LITERALLY STOLE from those who DO deserve something from us - the original publisher and Mangaka. Likewise WE do NOT
owe anything to you, that right is reserved for the original publisher and Mangaka. We can CHOOSE to donate, or not; that is purely OUR right. p.s. on a phone, not sure how to bold or italicize so using all caps instead. Sorry.)
tldr; thank you for the chapters, but don't expect anything from us, except reporting predatory behavior to any relevant authorities.