2ality Blog: Temporarily Offline
The 2ality blog is currently offline due to a significant drop in income from book sales and increased traffic primarily from AI crawlers. The author, Axel Rauschmayer, has decided to take the blog and books offline to evaluate the situation, particularly concerning the use of his work by AI companies. He has expressed regret for the inconvenience this may cause to his human readers and mentioned that his books are still available for purchase on Payhip.
- ▪The income from Axel Rauschmayer's book sales has dropped to zero.
- ▪Traffic to the blog increased significantly, mainly from AI crawlers.
- ▪Rauschmayer is taking the blog and books offline to assess the situation regarding AI companies.
- ▪He has apologized for the temporary inconvenience to his readers.
- ▪His books can still be purchased at Payhip.
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2ality blog: temporarily offline Dear visitor! Two things happened recently: The income from my book sales went from being enough for me to live off (2024) to zero (2026). The traffic to my blog and my books (which were free to read online) increased beyond what I can currently afford. Virtually all of it comes from AI crawlers, so there is no ad income. Therefore, I’m taking my blog and my books offline so that I can decide what to do next – especially w.r.t. AI companies stealing my work. This may take a while (think months): I don’t have any energy to deal with this right now. I apologize for this (hopefully temporary) inconvenience to my human readers! You can still buy my books at Payhip. Axel Rauschmayer
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at 2ality.
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