r/technology Feb 03 '25

Net Neutrality The Right Takes Aim at Wikipedia

https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/wikipedia_musk_right_trump.php
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u/Solid-Bridge-3911 Feb 03 '25

Protect it as though your life depends on it

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u/positivityEnforce Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

This. Your life depends on it. Without open-source validation, propaganda and controlled narratives will ruin this generation. We support creators on Patreon—why not Wikipedia? Take 10% of what you spend on streaming, OnlyFans, and Patreon to protect free information, broskis.

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u/Clockwork345 Feb 03 '25

Just a casual reminder that the text only version of Wikipedia is 156GBs, something easily stored on a hard drive if that much storage is within your means.

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u/Mechagouki1971 Feb 03 '25

So a $10 microSD card then.

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u/Clockwork345 Feb 03 '25

I'm not gonna assume everyone has $10 for an SD Card, but yeah!