alt Hacker NewsCodeberg and sourcehut[1] have both blogged about Anubis decreasing loads on their servers at the beginning of the year when this saga has started. Since then, one, or both have moved to different solutions, but that was not due to ineffectiveness but rather to requiring JavaScript.
[1] https://sourcehut.org/blog/2025-04-15-you-cannot-have-our-us...
Empirical evidence is more robust than anecdotal evidence.
Also, a lower "server load" has nothing to do with the system being collectively "a good outcome" that justifies labeling criticism as supporting "the bad guys".