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this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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I feel like if Wikipedia shuts down, it will be because the Wikimedia Foundation collapsed. It is a non-zero likelihood, especially as the organization tries to outgrow its original purpose of maintaining Wikipedia. If it goes, I expect clone sites to immediately pop up. If not, it probably says something more about the health of the Internet than the usefulness of Wikipedia.
YouTube will likely remain tied to Alphabet/Google. Outside of Alphabet or the Internet dying, another risk could be that Alphabet's media arm gets forcefully removed from the rest of the company and the new company can't afford to host the media due to making less money on ads and having to spend more on hosting costs.
ChatGPT could easily not be around in 20 years. No one knows what AI is going to look like and an open to ask AI may not be viable by then.