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390TB video game archive being taken offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive prices — AI-driven supply squeeze results in closure of one of the largest online video game archives (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

just to point out. it's not gone forever, it's just gone from public access.

hopefully the admins will hold onto multiple copies of the data for posterity.

[–] abcdqfr@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago

Sincerely... if this site goes under due to "AI costs" it was desired or doomed to happen. No capital squeeze deletes data. Yes, an idiot can spin critical drives into oblivion, but is that a site to mourn? Never. This maintainer is better than that and citing BS to avoid maintaining their server because they think they need a modern upgrade, and moronic tariffs messed with the time frame.