That's how the game is played. First, you make ludicrous demands, then when you later change your demands to be merely ridiculous, your opponents think they've scored a win.
I find myself accepting that some of the things I would like to do are just going to have to be done underground.
And nobody has to play whack-a-mole. iTunes is a perfect example of "getting with the times".
If you could download, legally, that sort of thing for a token fee, not like the $0.99 download that finally made online music scales work, the demand would drop quickly.
Why spend hours trying to torrent something when for a nominal fee you can get a legitimate copy in seconds?
Actually, web manga readers are some of the most convenient way to read manga online.
It's not a technical problem you can solve with copyright enforcement. It's a supply problem caused by vendors not being in the right channels.
That there's a web reader that works should prove there's demand.
A "win" would be a law that materially increased internet freedom.
You get them to settle for something they would not have even considered if the first demands were not so ludicrous.
Effective Technique.