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All these comments about high horses and opportunity costs... Simply put, hosting the site is a service to society. People's lives are enriched because of it.

All these comments about high horses and opportunity costs... Simply put, hosting the site is a service to society. People's lives are enriched because of it. And businesses do these kinds of things all the time for various reasons, mostly as a matter of pride or principle.

octacat 4y ago
They would keep info, so they could feed it into their AI someday. That one of the reasons they stop providing public access. And they still holding copyrights for it. So, to do nothing from their side is the smartest decision.