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> we prefer archive.org links when they're available

Interesting. May we know why?

>>chrisj+(OP)
Perhaps because the admins of archive.org don't go around DDoSing random blogs I'd reckon.

>>russel+X7
Instead they execute source page JS and allow it to doctor the archive copy.

>>chrisj+(OP)
Archive.org is run by a registered nonprofit instead of what’s likely a sole maintainer, who while I personally appreciate, does seem to go a little unhinged sometimes (like the dispute with Cloudflare DNS).

>>dannyw+ze
This also makes it susceptible to government pressure. It's easy to get a page taken down from archive.org and it won't archive anything paywalled.

>>dannyw+ze
I assume that answer is not official, since there's nothing more unhinged than archive.org facilitating the page's originator to make alterations after the snapshot.

>>direwo+0m
Government pressure is the least of the problem. Anyone gaining control of a domain can delete all archives of it.

>>chrisj+8q
Because the government pressures them to obey this