<story><title>Archive.is owner on “continuity of his project”</title><url>https://blog.archive.today/post/660719734341386240/is-there-any-structure-in-place-to-assure-the</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>fouc</author><text>Archive.is is an incredible service, but the fact he&amp;#x27;s paying out $3k-4k&amp;#x2F;mo out of pocket in expenses &amp;amp; time doesn&amp;#x27;t strike me as sustainable for the long term.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m reminded of some non-profit organization that was forced to shut down their websites because they ran out of money.  In retrospect they could&amp;#x27;ve setup a trust fund early on, stuck all their money in there, and then had a perpetual annual income from that for operating costs, instead of spending down.  All fundraising could&amp;#x27;ve gone into the trust fund in order to boost the annual budget, etc.</text></comment>
<story><title>Archive.is owner on “continuity of his project”</title><url>https://blog.archive.today/post/660719734341386240/is-there-any-structure-in-place-to-assure-the</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>spzx</author><text>Also some interesting numbers in this post:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;How much does hosting cost you per month at the moment?&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;about ~$2600&amp;#x2F;mo of pure expenses on servers&amp;#x2F;domains, not counting “work time”, “buying laptop&amp;#x2F;furniture”, etc. ($100…300&amp;#x2F;mo covered by donations + $300…500 by ads)&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.archive.today&amp;#x2F;post&amp;#x2F;659383959382294528&amp;#x2F;you-said-that-before-you-die-of-old-age-you-would&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.archive.today&amp;#x2F;post&amp;#x2F;659383959382294528&amp;#x2F;you-said-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>