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

One example of permanently lost media due to a sole company's decisions is the cancellation of the TV show "Firefly" by FOX after just one season. Despite gaining a cult following, the network chose to end the show, leaving fans without closure and preventing any future continuation of the series.