Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead

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Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead
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I'd recommend everyone to archive their pages through the Internet Archive instead, as that non-profit seems to be more concerned with ethics than corporations such as Google.

True, but two copies is one, and one is none. Multiple backups are critical, especially as archive.org has been targeted by the last few book publishers, who want it gone. As politicians and news sites quietly modify their content and hope nobody notices, this should really be a service of the Library of Congress, too.

Yes but no copies is an error. So better to support the ones we have left.