Unclear on the concept

Paywall-breaking tool 12ft asks users to subscribe to cover costs

It's a site that lets users circumvent subscription costs at websites. Here's the site creator's sales pitch:

"Y'all are getting expensive. Bandwidth costs are getting high. Help keep the site online by purchasing a subscription to 12ft Pro. What does it get you? Honestly, not much currently. We have a small Chrome extension that provides some conveniences for you while using 12ft."

His excuse for creating this tool of thievery is that he was "doing research at the beginning of the pandemic" and "8 of the top 10 search results were behind paywalls." Medical journals are paywalled for a reason, assnugget -- they're expensive to run. And I'm pretty sure you're not using subscription news sites as a primary source of epidemiological information. So why are you doing this?

"It's my mission to clean the web, and I have big plans. Your $12 will go to funding the development of a better version of 12ft and to keeping the current service online."

Ugh. A crusader. I loathe crusaders. More often than not their holier-than-thou causes are a smokescreen for dark intentions and rampant narcissism. He definitely has the latter and the former seems likely.