You’ll lose the case.
You used a library that cracks the frontend requests to bypass usage of the API.
It violates TOS, so the ban would be reasonable.
They’re pure extractors.
But looking for a compromise is worthy.
Best of luck to you solving this.

looking for a grain of truth in this delusional space

It doesn’t violate the TOS but they could change the TOS and be well within their legal rights, yeah.

There was a time when the API was free (before Elon bought it)

Pure extraction

Not a fight worth fighting even if there was a victory