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Any time they ask for donations, I donate to archive.org instead.
by wnkrshm 4y ago
Any time they ask for donations, I donate to archive.org instead.
- akolbe 4y agoA very good choice, because the Internet Archive is financially far less secure than the Wikimedia Foundation and provides a vital service, by archiving Wikipedia sources before they go offline. This makes sure you can still see in five years' time what someone has cited in an article. They also pay their executives far less.
- deepstack 4y agowhat about archive.vn ?
- forgotpwd16 4y agoArchive.sth isn't an organization but a private site thus their finances aren't fully known. Based on that, think it like a GitHub project. If you like its work and can, donate.
- cxr 4y agoForgivable for not knowing this if you're using an ad blocker, but archive.today has (commercial) ads on the site.
- Mindwipe 4y ago> A very good choice, because the Internet Archive is financially far less secure than the Wikimedia Foundation That's at least in part because the IA board are idiots however.
- nerdponx 4y agoIn what way? I don't know anything about IA internally.
- shkkmo 4y agoWithout specific criticism, this comment is just name calling and is inappropriate for HN.
- Mindwipe 4y agoI think the Internet Archive's insane legal strategy and wishful thinking with their Covid lending library is more than well known enough without me spelling it out explicitly.
- Hamcha 4y agoPro tip: If you shop on Humble for videogames, you can select Internet Archive as your non-profit target in most* occasions! * some bundles/deals are locked to specific charities
- wccrawford 4y agoI just checked and it seems you can do the same for Amazon Smile!