Yes, well hopefully in the background they can basically convert it to static pages and then ideally have a package that they could donate to the Internet Archive if they wanted to stop hosting it. (I feel like it would be better to do it from that side as opposed to scraping?)
Whether needed or not in the end, this is the perfect opportunity to ensure backups are made. I know it was being worked on but now there is more time.
My fear is that this will be forgotten and then they’ll do it again later (new management, new cost pressure, whatever).
And it may happen without notice, or being older without so many people pushing for it.
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