I keep seeing this kind of argument, and I understand, but I disagree.
The comparison isn’t between using an ai service and doing it yourself, but rather between using an ai service and commissioning an actual artist. I can afford $20/mo for infinite mediocrity. I cannot afford $20/image (or more depending on the artist).
Of course, there is a flaw in my argument, in that I was assuming that the techbro was being honest. People aggressively pushing dalle or midjourney or whatever aren’t interested in “making art accessible”. They hate art and artists, and want to force creative types to be miserable doing jobs they hate. I have to remind myself that this is the kind of person that the comic is complaining about.
Gonna be honest, I haven’t bought a physical copy of a game since I stopped playing console games almost a decade ago.
However, I do miss the gigantic obnoxious boxes that pc games used to come in back in the 90s and such. The maps of the worlds of Might&Magic were some of my favorite posters. I’d have nowhere to store them these days, but I miss it.