archive.org is a different beast because it deals with publicly available data. This is why the museum endowment analogy may make more sense with archive.org. T

archive.org is a different beast because it deals with publicly available data. This is why the museum endowment analogy may make more sense with archive.org. There will always be people who want to help the "greater good". But when it comes to private data hosting, for each repository there is exactly one person who wants it to stay alive. Lastly, archive.org never started out asking people for money promising something the impossible. These guys will hide behind the word "promise" when they want to exit scam or just give up after a couple of months after taking people's money. "Hey we only gave you a promise, we never said we will guarantee and even pay back money if we can't keep the promise", this is what they will say.