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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Maybe the Web should look more like Freenet or like BitTorrent.

But using a technology working the known way and trying to force conveniences by law seems sisyphean and harmful in many aspects.

If someone wants to keep old versions, let them. But forcing companies to host something is I dunno.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 months ago

This is a strawman towards the actual issue which is the loss of information.

The least they could do is just provide a copy of their material to internet archive or some torrent site.

I think similarly about digital services stopping or hardware no longer getting support. Thats a fine and reasonable economy wise but at least have the moral decency to open source it instead.

The customer always gets screwed and the company somehow gets to keep the money. This case is slightly different, i don't know if you had to pay for access but my sentiment of future use holds.

[–] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

According to the site you have to buy tokens to use the network. Despite stating that the maidsafe network is decentralized, nobody controls it, etc., etc., having to buy tokens seems to be a barrier to entry.

I don’t know, I guess I have a hard time with a network that reserves access via a coin that fluctuates on a market price. Seems like they’re playing a “it’s like bitcoin, but not, but kinda is” type of game.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

The site is atrocious. I'll look at it another time and try to get what it's really about. But it seems really ADHD-hostile.