Honestly, I have no idea. I use cached Google pages and the Wayback Machine myself, so I'm not sure what a fan who actually doesn't like the implications of the Wayback Machine would say. I mean, I think there are some people who really do think that once something is taken down by the original author, it should disappear forever. They'll argue that you shouldn't go around story-finder communities asking for fic that has been taken down (for whatever reason) by the author.
Not sure how many people in fandom actually feel that way--it might be a small minority.
OTOH, if someone deleted a wanky post during Racefail and we were forced to rely on screencaps to continue the discussion, how many of those same people would object then? Why is fic more protected than meta?
(Though I gotta say, I'm not keen on what Google is doing.)
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Re: Assuming we're only caching a single page....
Not sure how many people in fandom actually feel that way--it might be a small minority.
OTOH, if someone deleted a wanky post during Racefail and we were forced to rely on screencaps to continue the discussion, how many of those same people would object then? Why is fic more protected than meta?
(Though I gotta say, I'm not keen on what Google is doing.)