After 27 years, the legendary tech site AnandTech has been closed

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There are countless tech sites that we all follow, and it's no secret that it's an increasingly competitive space when it comes to attracting readers. It takes a lot of time, effort, and money to keep the lights on and the stories flowing, and it seems that the esteemed and legendary tech site AnandTech is the latest casualty in the technology journalism space to take the hit. In a recent post, editor-in-chief Ryan Smith announced that the site would be closing its doors for good.




AnandTech was one of the truly tech-focused websites, covering the most in-depth and technical aspects of the hardware that powers today's devices. Smith has said that all posts published since the site's creation will remain online indefinitely and that the forums will be kept active for the foreseeable future. Sister site of AnandTech, Tom's Hardwareare still operating and some of the AnandTechs The employees have already made the change.


The end of an era

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These days, it can be difficult to sell detailed and technical reports to the masses, and it seemed as if AnandTech has managed to thrive in a niche that many other websites have not necessarily been successful in. The site also produced some authors who have had a huge impact on the technology field, such as Dr. Ian Cutress of TechTechPotato and Andrei Frumusanu, who now works as a senior engineer at Qualcomm.

As Smith also notes, “the market for written tech journalism isn’t what it used to be,” which essentially meant the site had to either change and water down its efforts or give up and pass the torch to the “next generation of tech journalists.” They chose the latter, opting to honor everything AnandTech stood so far. AnandTech was supported by both the site's readers and its contributors.


Finally, Smith leaves us with a quote from Anand, the site's original founder: “I don't think the Internet needs to be academic reporting or sensationalist garbage – as long as there's a balance, I'm happy.”

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