According to the comparator, the disable option of the Crafter counts as an item (and the more you disable slots, the stronger the redstone signal gets)
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MC-265913
Comparator Sees a Disabled Crafter Slot as an Item
Resolved
MC-265944
Comparator outputs wrong redstone signal power when reading from crafter
Resolved
MC-265973
Disabling slots in Crafter increases Comparator output
Resolved
MC-266007
in the 23w42a snapshot the disabled slots of the crafter are detected by the redstone comparator.
Resolved
MC-266730
Bug with crafter
Resolved
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Its not "works as intended". This type of comparator behavior is completely different from any other comparator behavior in game. It makes it harder and laggier to detect signal 9 than it is to detect signal strengths 15.
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