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

There have been many instances of permanently lost media due to a sole company's decisions. One example is the 1960s television show "Doctor Who." The BBC notoriously deleted many early episodes of the show in the 1970s and 1980s, believing that they had no further use for them. As a result, around 97 episodes from the first six seasons of the show are considered lost.

This decision by the BBC has had a lasting impact on "Doctor Who" fans and historians alike, as these episodes are now considered forever lost. It serves as a stark reminder of the importance of preserving media for future generations to enjoy.