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After 32 years, one of the ’Net’s oldest software archives is shutting down | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
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[–] DdCno1@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Wayback Machine in particular is one of the greatest treasures of the Internet. An absolutely invaluable tool and so far entirely irreplaceable.

[–] MudMan@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Honestly, it should be a public resource.

I mean, public libraries and archives being a mandatory requirement for copyright enforcement and publishing records is a thing, and the Wayback Machine proves it's technologically feasible to approximate it for the Internet, so...