That’s not the issue I am describing. Instead of improving their website code so people cannot pirate it, it seems like they are specifically blocking 12ft. Other workarounds still work.
These websites generally only work due to poor website coding. If they properly implemented a paywall, sites like Archive and 12ft would never work because you would actually need to pay for access.
Sites like Archive still seem to work, while 12ft returns empty pages.
Because it’s slapping a bandaid fix on the side instead of fixing it as a whole?
It’s a poor, sloppy way to address the problem. But that’s just how these companies operate I guess.