It seems a bit overkill to do this instead of just waiting 10 seconds to click on the little green button, but I suppose this is a viable alternative.

The main difference is you get to use the service without actually agreeing to any TOS.

But also, 10 seconds is extremely annoying.

I'm afraid it's a necessity after all the times that my work has been appropriated by companies and TikTokers/YouTubers. Yes, I am fully aware that most people will not read it. But at least I tried.

(I mean, what I was saying is by getting rid of the box in the DOM, you avoid the issue of the TOS altogether since you "walk around it" instead of agreeing to it.)

Aren't we all appropriating the work of Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and others? It's not like Maxwell's equations are copyrighted.

You're entitled to your opinions, but as a PhD myself I'd rather my research get used by people than end up in a copyright junkyard of things people can't use.

I'd argue that there is a rather massive difference between invoking Maxwell's equations to invent GPS and literally plagiarizing my work by using it to broker partnerships with celebrities and subsequently selling my work as NFTs. (Yes, this really happened - I'm not making this up.)