BTW DPReview has been owned by Amazon since 2007.
It’s *insanely* influential among the camera-using/buying communities.
I sincerely hope a replacement will arise.
@timbray @philnickinson Deleting the site, not even in read-only mode, is a slap in the face to viewing web as a trusted repository. It signals that Amazon views all web content as ephemeral and not trustworthy for important works. Should we view S3 as something that could disappear in a few months?
@timbray @philnickinson That may be true now, but the corporation is signaling how they think about permanence. They should have erred on the side of retention. It is the opposite of S3 in the same company.
@danb @timbray @philnickinson They’re in the midst of laying off plenty of AWS staff as well.
I have no fear that s3 is gone tomorrow. But long term? I wouldn’t trust them (nor most companies) to continually act in my best interest.
@danb @timbray @philnickinson DELETING THE SITE??? oh my oh my oh my
@ampressman @timbray @philnickinson They posted "The site will be available in read-only mode for a limited period afterwards." They posted you may be able to download your own content (forums) for limited time.
@danb @philnickinson
Agree about the slap-in-the-face, disagree about S3. AWS is a different psychological space inside Amazon.