Because browsing is provided by other services already. The usual use case for sci-hub is: find an article you're interested in, find it's super expensive, copy the doi into sci-hub.
It would be cool if sci-hub came with a catalogue, but it's very usable without it. And it's not just sheltered academics (or even just academics) that are using it.
It would be cool if sci-hub came with a catalogue, but it's very usable without it. And it's not just sheltered academics (or even just academics) that are using it.