They (archive.ph/is) purposefully do that for anyone using CloudFlare DNS and some others because they object to not being sent location information via the forwarding resolver.
This is incorrect, archive.is returns NXDOMAIN responses. The captcha refreshing troubles are probably related to failed siteverify calls; I’ve seen them occur occasionally on my websites.
The alternative is to pay only $25/yr (fine print: $40/mo thereafter).
Or just change DNS...
Works for me using ControlD
You talk about a paid thing like it's normal. That sounds like an ad.
Archive is/ph will do that under cloudflare because they collect your location information. No serious freedom of information site does this, they're likely logging it and are apart of one of the big intel alphabet soups.
They run their own CDN instead of using clownflares.
Are we suggesting that EDNS client subnet leaks the user’s IP, but establishing a TCP/QUIC connection to the website doesn’t?