I don't like it either. But it's just limitation of Bitcoin protocol, although mining pool on mainnet usually don't do this since it would affect their reputation and they would miss reward from TX fee.
It doesn't really matter what you like,
it is what it is.
These guys are doing plenty fine without fees.
The message is worth 100000x more than any worthless Testnet fee.
(Note: I'm really the one getting most of the blowback from this miner(s)... Almost 100% of my customer support tickets related to v4 are concerning this.)
I don't know what you're trying to build. But in case you mean you actually mean you want to test/try something, consider Signet network instead. Looking at the recent blocks[1], there's almost no empty block mined.
If a person can't build it in Testnet, then they need to keep working because they are going to get *raped* on Mainnet.
The "miner" is still allowing blocks toBlocks do make it through, just with an annoying delay. Y'all can wait. Have a little faith and wait an hour or two.
<Everything in Testnet using a href="https://citreathird party takes 12-24 hours of confirmations, anyway.xyz/" class="ul">https://citrea.xyz/ isn't going to have the cake walk user experience they expected.