Pretty much the question. I heard about Usenet a while back but never managed to wrap my head around it.

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      11 months ago

      Someone made the calculation that the data harvested for advertisers is more valuable than the hosting/maintenance expense they would recoup by killing it. Plus it’s tasty food for Bard.