Some of their staff are paid pretty high salaries ($300-400k), but its still nothing like what most business executives get paid and not much of their total costs. And while they have a lot of money right now, that could quickly change if people stop donating. Its best to be on the safe side with such a valuable resource.
On the other hand, I see the Internet Archive as just as valuable or more, and I think it deserves a lot more money and attention than it has been getting. Of course it doesn’t have to be one or the other, I just think that Wikipedia gets a disproportionate amount of donations compared to the Internet Archive.
Video is in German but it has subtitles, its a in depth analysis of it.
Internet Archiv is absolutely great and nowadays probably worth more than Wikipedia when it comes to information. I wouldn’t want to be in a world without a Wikipedia, but what Wikimedia does is sketchy often.
Some of their staff are paid pretty high salaries ($300-400k), but its still nothing like what most business executives get paid and not much of their total costs. And while they have a lot of money right now, that could quickly change if people stop donating. Its best to be on the safe side with such a valuable resource.
On the other hand, I see the Internet Archive as just as valuable or more, and I think it deserves a lot more money and attention than it has been getting. Of course it doesn’t have to be one or the other, I just think that Wikipedia gets a disproportionate amount of donations compared to the Internet Archive.
https://youtu.be/d9UgRIPWP4w?si=gm8v6wCvQ7vLzo34
Video is in German but it has subtitles, its a in depth analysis of it.
Internet Archiv is absolutely great and nowadays probably worth more than Wikipedia when it comes to information. I wouldn’t want to be in a world without a Wikipedia, but what Wikimedia does is sketchy often.