And they have been requiring that for almost 2 years now. Not sure why you bring this up now?
Additionally, we now require Print Profile creators to include actual print images alongside their Print Profiles. As of today, we’re offering a grace period of 10 days for Print Profile creators to update their existing creations. During this period, creators only need to add actual print images to the ‘Print Profile Pictures’ section.
This was 2023-10-23 18:03, mere months after the platform launched. So you had 2 years time to update those models already.
You seem to be getting some special treatment because most don’t get asked, they get it taken down immediately.
so did thingiverse, requiring you to select a model license which you didn’t need before. Thingiverse updated the submission guidelines requiring thumbnails and photos or risk being hidden in search.
Printables requiring you to specify what changes you made to the remix also needing to add metadata like descriptions or licenses, also something that wasn’t a rule before.
Just like any law or TOS of any website ever.
And what’s your plan now? Abandon Makerworld to send a signal? Protest by taking down your models, switching platform because you don’t want to support this behavior or keep everything as is and continue to profit from it?