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n4 Jul 1, 2023

The events that have happened here today marks a new era for the internet. Websites that derive their value from user-submitted content are continuing their move towards sealing off that content and information from the world. Their libraries were created by everyone, but will soon be available to only those who pay.

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n4 Jul 1, 2023

My greatest advice to those concerned: Start archiving. If you come across something you believe is valuable: make a copy.

If you follow a guide on how to install and configure software and you found it helpful: make a copy.

If you come across a video you really enjoy and find yourself coming back to again and again: make a copy.

If it means anything to you: make a copy, or you'll wish you did.

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rick Jul 1, 2023

@n4 Do you know of any good software that makes this user friendly? Like a personal archive.org that would handle archiving, searching, and serving.

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silly_apple

@rick @n4 I use Monolith for webpages. It makes a single html file of a webpage.
From their GitHub

“You can finally replace that gazillion of open tabs with a gazillion of .html files stored somewhere on your precious little drive…lets browsers render the saved page exactly the way it was on the Internet, even when no network connection is available.”

https://github.com/Y2Z/monolith

I use the #Rust CLI but there also seems to be a chrome extension

GitHub - Y2Z/monolith: ⬛️ CLI tool and library for saving complete web pages as a single HTML file

⬛️ CLI tool and library for saving complete web pages as a single HTML file - Y2Z/monolith

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