There is no generative AI in Beyond the Spider-Verse and there never will be. One of the main goals of the films is to create new visual styles that have never been seen in a studio CG film, not steal the generic plagiarized average of other artists’ work.
Yes. Yes, you fucking are.
You are funding and rewarding a company that's actively dragging the industry toward digital-only while testing how far it can push prices before consumers finally grow a spine.
"I just want to play GTA 6" is not a fucking argument. Nobody cares. We all want games we like. That's how corporations get away with this shit in the first place.
You can absolutely buy the game. But don't sit there pretending your purchase exists in a vacuum while everyone else is trying to fight the exact direction you're financially rewarding.
You chose instant gratification over the bigger picture. Own it.
Play your fucking game.
Just don't expect everyone to pat you on the head for helping normalize the shit we're going to be stuck with later.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
I’m going to take this moment to just casually observe way more people are mourning the loss of Johnny’s terrible mustache than ever mourned the loss of Paul.
Nature is healing.