who thinks this site will be available as free as it is now in 10 years?

[Double Naught Spy]

Here's the bad news. I think they've already killed them. Ever heard of dead internet theory? I took a hiatus from this community a few years back (`2018) unintentionally when I got married and started having kids. I'm just getting back into shooting and as such I've started lurking these forums again. Compared to the amount of discourse and data being shared 5+ years ago, these forums seem to be dead. I'm not sure if I missed something big that happened online or if they've found a way to kill these communities through a combination of algorithmic manipulation, bots, and implanted trolls.

So you went away for several years, but you aren't part of the conspiracy?

According to Dead Internet Theory, what you are talking about would have happened before you left, in 2016 or 2017, yet you didn't notice it at the time. Hmmmm.

Assuming it is true, then you are likely a bot as am I and we are just bots arguing in a computer simulation from some higher entity's reality.