But there won’t be alternatives for long cause you’re placing the blame on the whip and not the person cracking it.

In theory yes, in practice absolutely not.

You can just cut the tape at the top along the fan, than peel the left over tape off the fan and start again. The tape on the bottom is for either a 5th filter or just a peice of cardboard across the bottom for stability.

Not historical facts, legacy facts.

This is why Google keeps getting caught up in monopoly lawsuits.