But even “(a)” probably won’t spread far (10-20 seconds of friction per link is too much for almost everyone). Maybe there’s room for a company doing this as a service...
If adoption is your only concern, doing it website by website is hopeless in the first place. Your only choice is creating some sort of web browser plugin to do it automatically.
If adoption is your only concern, doing it website by website is hopeless in the first place. Your only choice is creating some sort of web browser plugin to do it automatically.
The script now exists: https://www.andzuck.com/projects/archivify/
Update: Brave Browser now gives an option to search for archived versions whenever it lands on a “page does not exist”
Not my only concern but definitely seems important. (Otherwise you’re constrained by what you can personally maintain.)
A browser plugin seems like a good approach.