- cross-posted to:
- retrogaming@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- retrogaming@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43693666
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The headline blaming it all on AI seems misleading given the owner explicitly blames leechers in the community. Selfish chuds were routinely bypassing download limits and then had the gall to add their own paywalls without contributing anything back.
AI datacenters buying up the hardware is why their hosting costs increased. Worsening the problem significantly.
AI datacenters buying up the hardware is why their hosting costs increased. Worsening the problem significantly.
I’m sorry but this is bullshit. For basic storage you absolutely don’t need a lot of RAM or SSDs, older gen hard drives are extremely easy to find and very cheap. People have been hypnotized into believing they absolutey definitely need the latest gen of hardware, without realizing it’s useless, and it’s the only kind of hardware that knows shortages and high prices.
edit : okay seems i’ve overplayed my hand a little here. My personal experience comes from buying used hardware which is still going pretty cheap but obviously that’s a dicey sell for professional hosting.
Where have you been?
A 2tb hard drive I bought about a year ago is now twice as expensive.
And Sam Altman wonders why we hate AI. And this isn’t even at the top of the list of why we hate them, but it’s a really good reason.
Honestly , I didn’t even know about this site till today! So if enough donors hit the site to pick up at least $6K, will that site stay online? …cause I will definitely donate…no questions…just not all of $6K/month…that is crazy…
Too late now. There is a subreddits trying to archive it all though. Owner of Internet Archive doesn’t seem thrilled about it though.
That’s sad…I wish I knew about this beforehand. This sucks…
There’s a concerted effort across many dataholders (at least /r/dataholders for sure) to make a full site wide backup across at least 3 copies across volunteers machines before it shuts down.
Alongside the backup team, another team is working on the best way to distribute to others after that (magnet links, archive.org, etc.).
Not myrient! I literally don’t know of an alternative that’s this good. Myrient was relatively fast and felt pretty safe. Metric-fuck ton of games too.
Vimm’s Lair is still around, you just need to run a browser script that puts the download buttons back
What happened to the download buttons?
If you go to Vimm’s Lair right now, you’ll see, in the place of download buttons, text that says something to the effect of “This download has been removed at the request of the copyright holder”
The files are still hosted on the site, but they removed the download buttons to appease our bourgeoisie overlords. You can install a browser script that puts them back though
This is the most stupid bypass, I’m surprised this works and no one noticed. Lol
Does anyone know of a way I could download the entire English N64 library? I don’t remember there being a bulk download option on Myrient
Look at their FAQ. If you’re on Linux wget on the folder works a treat.
I’ve often had a lot of luck with finding things like this on archive.org
Seems like a good use case for usenet
It would be a huge LOL if The Internet returns to its roots.
I haven’t touched Usenet in years but it’s largely unchanged. For people not in the know you think you’ve seen crazy on modern social media? Wait until you see the crazies on Usenet. It’s glorious they’re productive!
What? How?
Like, fuck AI resource hogging, but the archive already existed on servers that are already built. It was already running on ram and drives that aren’t built into the specialist hardware required to run an AI data centre.
From the announcement on the Discord:
Information about the closure of Myrient
Hello everyone,
I have decided to shut down Myrient on 31 March 2026. Until then, the site will continue to remain available in its current state. Please download any content you find important, as you have around one month to do so.
There are several reasons for the closure:
- Insufficient funding As traffic continued to increase last year, the amount of funding from donations remained the same. I have been paying more than $6000 out of pocket every month in order to cover the difference which is not sustainable.
- Paywalled download managers In the past several months, many specialized download managers were created that completely bypassed the site, donation messages, and download protections. Some of these download managers locked certain features behind a paywall that required users to pay in order to gain access. The use of Myrient for commercial, for-profit purposes has always been strictly forbidden. Such egregious and abusive usage of the site cannot be tolerated anymore.
- Rising RAM, SSD, and HDD prices Since last September, RAM, SSD, and HDD prices have surged dramatically and continue to rise due to the ongoing extreme demand for AI datacenters. This has caused Myrient’s hosting expenses to go up as well. Necessary upgrades to the storage and caching infrastructure only exacerbated the problem. With a large number of servers and the aforementioned existing monthly deficit in excess of $6000 out of pocket, there is no way to pay for the increased hosting and hardware upgrade costs.
There are still many other smaller reasons, I could go on and on about them, but nobody would want to read it.
In short, I can no longer afford to run the site.
If you have any comments, you can send them to support@erista.me (I will read all of them and might respond to a few).
Thanks for using Myrient over the years.
