[subeadia]

This only happens because you’re using Cloudflare DNS. Any other DNS will load the site just fine.

[sterlind]

what the hell? you're right, apparently. I'd set my router to use 1.1.1.1 a long time ago and forgotten about it.

why does using cloudflare mess it up? how does that even work?

[radicality]

The people running archive refuse service to queries served by cloudflare dns.

[subeadia]

It’s very strange. I went down this rabbit hole a few months ago and this HN comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19828702) was the best summary I could find of the situation.

TLDR: archive.is doesn’t play nice with its DNS results and Cloudflare refuses to fix it on their end.

[cactusplant7374]

Why the problem with their DNS?