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		epakai on Aug 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve it... CNET did this a while back, but it didn't seem SEO related then. They used to have tons of old tech specs. I remember them being the last source of specs for an obscure managed switch. Then the whole of that data just went away with no notice. Really great resource lost.

xnx on Aug 10, 2023 [–]

I believe that data might have been licensed (from Etilize?). They could have stopped paying for it and lost the rights to display it.

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