Ask HN: archive.org or archive.is, witch one will last more?

5 points by lucasverra 5y ago ↗ HN

Hi all, is there any argument to support (financially, attention, or just archiving & sharing) one service more than the other? https://ibb.co/vH4vBNM

I prefer the UI of archive.today (former archive.is), but somehow archive.org has more brand recognition, right?

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ev1 5y ago ↗

archiveorg is technically a formal library and registered nonprofit and has been around decades longer.

archiveis: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23316085 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27498902 etc

webmobdev 5y ago ↗

Archive.org is really old (in terms of internet age) - even before Google, who have used their services to index all archived web pages. They have also donated a lot of servers and cash to them. You can reasonably bet on archive.org outlasting other similar services.

ksherlock 5y ago ↗

archive.is is sometimes useful for bypassing paywalls. Then sticking a captcha in front if it. archive.org has the wayback machine going back to the late 90s. Plus, music, videos software, books, bbs and usenet archives, ... massive amounts of information that you can't find online anywhere else.