I think the cost is too high. If people want that information then they will find a way. If not then it probably wasn't that valuable.
The reality is that we have already given up in many areas, try and run a 16 bit Windows application on Windows 11, try and run a Node app you haven't updated for ten years, try and run early versions of OS/X and see how much internet dependent functionality has been lost, try and view an email with linked assets, try and run a web page with a Java or Flash applet.
The only people who can find a way are technical people. The average person can't do it.
And we can't tell how valuable it is because we don't know what we are losing.
If we burn down the Library of Alexandria, was there anything valuable in there? We don't know, because it's all burned. It's inaccessible. It's too much stuff to verify before doing it, and we can't tell after we do it, so I'd rather we don't burn down the whole thing since we don't know what's inside.
And every time it does happen, it's a massive loss.
You have no idea how much I grief the fact flash games are no longer a thing. If newgrounds still had flash today, the Internet would be a much better place.
The reality is that we have already given up in many areas, try and run a 16 bit Windows application on Windows 11, try and run a Node app you haven't updated for ten years, try and run early versions of OS/X and see how much internet dependent functionality has been lost, try and view an email with linked assets, try and run a web page with a Java or Flash applet.