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Announcement of Discontinuation of Online Services for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software
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this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2023
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There really should be a law requiring companies which provide online services to be required to release self-hosted server software once they discontinue the provision of the service.
Why though? Why not just acknowledge that these services are ephemeral?
A few reasons - preservation is one of them
Why not just turn to services that actually value preservation, instead of sticking with those that don't?
When books are published in the US, they’re required to submit a copy to the library of congress for preservation purposes.
It shouldn’t be left to corporations to decide whether or not the cultural artifacts they own are worth preserving or not.
Such as?
These days I certainly do, but it would be nice if we didn't just have an entire dark age of video games lost to time as well.
We don't choose what we value.