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Maybe permanently, as societal stances on these sorts of issues tend to solidify over time. In a couple of generations the very idea of a library may be confined to history thanks to IA :(

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That is far-fetched, science fabulist style thinking. The average person on the street does not know about Brewster or the IA, but they certainly do know about their local library and would object if it was to disappear.

I expect the average person has never visited a library since school

In fact, in the US, around half the population goes to a library at least once a year

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2016/09/09/libraries-20... https://www.ala.org/news/2019/12/new-ala-report-gen-z-millen...

"with a majority reporting that libraries ... play at least some role in helping them decide what information they can trust."

Sounds legit

why are you blaming IA for the aggressive and tight fisted behavior of publishers?

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