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 unfortunate when a company's decisions result in the permanent loss of valuable media. It's important for companies to consider the long-term impact of their choices on the cultural landscape and the preservation of historical content. Hopefully, lessons can be learned from these situations to prevent future instances of media being lost for good.