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They should really collaborate with archive.org. They won't shut things down or paywall it.

Archive.org can and does accept takedown requests, even if the requester wants to avoid public scrutiny. If you're writing about a contentious topic and want to preserve your links (tweets or whatever), there are better options.

What are some of those options?

Not all of these are 1:1 replacements but here are a few options: archive.is/archive.today, ghost archive, save a webpage as html with assets, and taking a screenshot

There’s an addon called single file, you can use it to save the whole page with assets (except videos)

https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile

Is there a to that I can script, to use the cookies on my existing web browser (because I'm logged into some websites) and get the page content text? All while clicking away pop-up banners (newsletter, cookies, etc)?

I would script that to go over my local bookmarks file.

Reader mode does this in Safari. Adding to Reading List also stores the content for offline reading.

I bookmark to a service (Linkding, self-hosted) that automatically sends the URL to be archived at Wayback Machine.

Thank you. I should have been clearer and mentioned that I'm on Debian ))

But in any case, Safari's reader mode can be scripted from the CLI? That is good to know, maybe I'll try to find something similar for Firefox's Reader Mode. Thank you.

Yes. On macOS we would generally use osascript on the command line. Apple Script Editor shows which functions each app exposes. Very powerful combo.

That's great to know, I consider an Apple device every few years when I upgrade my current devices. Osascript sounds compelling.

Safari has this, it can save as a Web Archive which is a sort of zip containing the html and assets.

- https://archivebox.io - https://archiveweb.page + https://replayweb.page / Browsertrix - SingleFile

There really aren't. You can publish a book I guess but that has limited reach. And your website isn't going to be around forever.

Except when https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41135450

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