[zenexer]

You would need iCloud Private Relay enabled to encounter the issue. Even then, you don’t get a say in which edge provider you get routed through: it may be Cloudflare, or it may be someone else (e.g., Akamai). It’s up to Apple.

[brudgers]

Sorry for being confused, I didn’t realize I would need to make things complicated in order to give myself problems to complain about.

[zenexer]

The trouble is that most people who have it enabled don't realize. If you're paying for iCloud+, it's likely enabled.

I'm not suggesting anyone should be complaining to you, though--I'm just explaining why some people encounter issues visiting archive.today links and providing them with a workaround (disable iCloud Private Relay).