i asked them why they did this. the answer surprisingly is because they fear if they release the full dumps they will get blocked because of the AI scraping wars.
But, ok, let's continue in good faith
scenario 1: they don't want to uncork the .warc files because it will potentially leak the means and methods of the Archive Warrior or its usages
scenario 2: they don't want to expose the target of the redirects because it will feed the boundaries of the ravenous AI slurp machines
If it's scenario 1, then CSV exists and allows mapping from the 00aa11 codes to the "location:" header, no means and methods necessary
If it's scenario 2, then what the hell were they expecting to happen? Embargo the .warc until the AI hype blows over so their great grand children can read about how the Internet was back in the day? I guess the real question is "archive for whom?" because right now unless they have a back-channel way to feed the Wayback Machine's boundary using the .warc files, and thus it secretly populates the Wayback without wholesale feeding the AI boundary, this whole thing is just mysterious
sure maybe the warcs will be unlocked at some point in the future. this is a fairly small volunteer effort. i doubt there is some "unlock in 100 years" feature on IA.