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If Google Groups is actually going to die would it not be worth scraping the history for at least some groups?
by bpye 4y ago
If Google Groups is actually going to die would it not be worth scraping the history for at least some groups?
- chx 4y agoIt would be so much nicer if someone from Google -- we know they are reading this forum could release the archive to Archive.org. Google doesn't do much with it, they removed Advanced Search so... why not?
- zamnos 4y agoIt's due to legal challenges, unfortunately, and as Manu Cornet's org chart depicts[1], this means that there just isn't the resources at Google to deal with it, nor is there the insurgent counter-culture to release it via torrent on 4chan. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/big-tech-org-charts-2011-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/big-tech-org-charts-2011-6