#myrient

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Myrient, a massive archive preserving over 390 terabytes of video games, is shutting down on the 31st of March 2026. And AI is to blame.

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WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

According to a statement made by Myrient on Discord, there are many reasons for the shutdown. But the primary reasons include a lack of traffic to the website, scummy download managers that added paywalls to certain downloads despite this being against Myrient's terms, and the rising prices of RAM, HDD, and SSD due to AI.

Now, the reason why AI is at the root of these price rices is because of the increased demand coming from the expansion of data centres. These places require a massive amount of computing power to maintain their AI models. So, the AI companies are buying up all the RAM, SSD, HDD, and other components to be able to keep expanding as fast as they are. Which means manufacturers can't produce fast enough to keep up with demand without raising prices and also neglecting older components. And this impacts or is going to impact basically every bit of tech possible.

So, y'know. If you want to keep archival sites like Myrient around, boycott AI. Let AI companies bankrupt and hopefully die forever.

This post by @goodusernamepending outlines how this links to AO3's recent outages.

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CAN WE DO ANYTHING?

Unfortunately, in the case of Myrient, it's too late. The shutdown appears to be inevitable at this point.

Go to Myrient while you still can and download anything you want/need.

This post by @imakuni has an awesome list of alternatives to Myrient.

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SAVE OUR ARCHIVES!

What we CAN do to stop the loss of other preservation websites is to support archival websites and organisations. Here's a list:

Wikipedia - The online encyclopedia! It also has several other archival efforts which you can find at the bottom of the page.

Internet Archive/Wayback machine - A massive archive of the Internet, ranging from webpages throughout time to software and books, and so much more.

MyAbandonware - A gigantic collection of video games for a wide range of platforms, from the years 1965-2014.

Archive of Our Own - A huge archive of fanworks. You know.

OldVersion - A collection of old versions of software for platforms including Windows, Mac, and Linux.

The Black Vault - A major archive of declassified U.S documents.

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If you've got an archive site that hasn't been included here, please do let me know if you'd like me to add it to the list!

Transcript:

Messages from Myrient on Telegram

Information about the closure of Myrient

Hello everyone,

I have decided to shut down Myrient on 31 March 2026. Until then, the site will continue to remain available in its current state. Please download any content you find important, as you have around one month to do so.

There are several reasons for the closure: - Insufficient funding As traffic continued to increase last year, the amount of funding from donations remained the same. I have been paying more than $6000 out of pocket every month in order to cover the difference which is not sustainable.

- Paywalled download managers In the past several months, many specialized download managers were created that completely bypassed the site, donation messages, and download protections. Some of these download managers locked certain features behind a paywall that required users to pay in order to gain access. The use of Myrient for commercial, for-profit purposes has always been strictly forbidden. Such egregious and abusive usage of the site cannot be tolerated anymore.

- Rising RAM, SSD, and HDD prices Since last September, RAM, SSD, and HDD prices have surged dramatically and continue to rise due to the ongoing extreme demand for AI datacenters. This has caused Myrient's hosting expenses to go up as well. Necessary upgrades to the storage and caching infrastructure only exacerbated the problem. With a large number of servers and the aforementioned existing monthly deficit in excess of $6000 out of pocket, there is no way to pay for the increased hosting and hardware upgrade costs.

There are still many other smaller reasons, I could go on and on about them, but nobody would want to read it.

In short, I can no longer afford to run the site.

If you have any comments, you can send them to [email protected] (I will read all of them and might respond to a few).

Thanks for using Myrient over the years.

Information about uploads Myrient is no longer accepting new uploads as of 26 February 2026.

Information about Discord and Telegram The Discord server and Telegram channel are not affected by Myrient's closure and will continue to be available for the forseeable future.

Information about hShop hShop is not affected by Myrient's closure and will continue to be available for the forseeable future.

This post may not make sense to a lot of people but if you know, you know. Dude was a real one for keeping it up so long in the first place.