Why can't there be some project that can take static export of sites and serve them via torrent or IPFS https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs like system. Users who care about this stuff could then pool their bandwidth and storage to keep these things alive, if only in a static form for historical preservation.

how much could a bill like this possibly be per month ?

if people are so interested in keeping the forums, you could try to ask for donations ?

I would guess it's expensive enough to get cut, right? People could donate, sure. It would still need dedicated resources. It's a popular enough service to need high concurrency and reasonably high availability - at least for peak usage, like when the new trailer for the next great trilogy drops.

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