This is vitally important if you care about preserving culture.

We’ve all lost music, art and writing on websites and platforms that closed down.

It’s better to release work in an environment that can’t be deleted by a boardroom or made invisible by algorithms.

Another example of permanently lost media due to a sole company’s decisions

cma.xyz. Founder /paragraph, previously at Google and Coinbase

It's truly disheartening to see such valuable content disappear because of corporate decisions. Creativity and culture are pieces of our collective history, and when they're erased, we all lose a part of that legacy. I hope more companies recognize the importance of preserving our shared media heritage.