[nonbirithm]

The centralization of the IA should've got more attention sooner. I've worried that the Wayback Machine will only remain up for another couple of years as a result of the IA's actions. It has saved me countless times in the past, but it's sadly a one-of-a-kind, fragile trove of data in the hands of an organization that didn't keep their ideals separate from reality.

I feel they should be taking steps immediately to ensure that at least the data of the Wayback Archive will outlive the whims of IA-the-organization in the coming decades/centuries, before it's too late. There's probably a lot of people willing to help out with such a replication task.

[sha-3]

The only comparable public alternative to the Wayback Machine is archive.today. But as far as I know, no one knows who operates or funds the project. It could go down anytime and no one can do anything about it.