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Archiving things on the internet undoubtedly is useful/interesting. But really there's no reason they couldn't generate revenue for themselves. But it's not fo
by maximusprime 15y ago
Archiving things on the internet undoubtedly is useful/interesting. But really there's no reason they couldn't generate revenue for themselves.
But it's not for example saving lives. So personally, I think there are far more deserving charities in need of donations.
There's people dying out there...
- zanny 15y agoIt is preserving the sum of knowledge being generated on the internet, which is orders of magnitude faster than any other information and data generation system ever in history. It is extremely important to keep records of everything we do online. Saving a life now is great and all, but documenting history like the archive does is essential for history to be preserved. Also, to generate revenue they would have to privatize some of their data or start selling ads, which for the same reasons wikipedia is funded by donations, doesn't work with public services.
- maximusprime 15y agoSame with wikipedia. It's ironic that the current "Please donate to wikipedia" banners actually annoy me FAR more than little relevant adverts would. Maybe scanning books in or archiving live concerts or saving some geocities pages is something you're interested in, but I'm skeptical it's really preserving history for the good of mankind.