Overview
- The operator says donations lagged rising hosting and hardware costs, forcing more than $6,000 a month in out‑of‑pocket payments.
- Third‑party download managers bypassed donation prompts and site protections, then added paywalls despite a ban on commercial use.
- The site estimates at least 390 TB of content that was curated and checksum‑verified, with an emphasis on fast downloads.
- Users have until the end of March to pull copies, and the archive’s Discord server and Telegram channel will remain accessible for coordination.
- Coverage attributes higher RAM, SSD and hard drive prices to AI datacenter demand, a reported pressure that helped make the project unsustainable.