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by smeagull 1431 days ago
Ugh. Links are meant to live forever.
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Is/ought fallacy.

They clearly don't, despite 30+ years of whinging. (I've whinged plenty myself.) Preemptive defence is justified, necessary, and strongly advised.

The Web is not an archival platform, it's a publishing one. Each request is served in the moment it's requested, and absent specific measures for persistance can and will vanish at any time without notice.