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I’m willing to bet the reaction here would be different (not from everyone, but in aggregate) if the headline was “Sourceforge just erased years of free softwar
by jrmg 1y ago
I’m willing to bet the reaction here would be different (not from everyone, but in aggregate) if the headline was “Sourceforge just erased years of free software history” or “Google Scholar just erased years of scientific history” because they’d just taken down all old repos or search results for old papers without any notice.
- roenxi 1y ago> “Google Scholar just erased years of scientific history” Sure the tone would be different, but anyone who was totally shocked by Google pulling a service is definitely an idiot. How much worse could Google's reputation be at this point. It's Google. They pull stuff. That it happened on any particular day? Yeah, that is surprising. What are the odds. Could have been any day of any year. That it happened? Not a surprise. If it matters to you, you should have done something.