Ugh. I get ai is bad but what about the small indie developers who are just using it to make modeling references instead of paying for modeling references? The prices of a lot of that stuff are absolutely criminal. What about using it to generate model textures instead of buying overpriced bloatware from the unity store that’s probably stolen anyway? Surely there is at least some acceptable use case for ai. Fuck large corporations and everything they’ve done to destroy the economy and the job market, don’t get me wrong. Absolutely fuck them.
It’s not like indie devs can afford to pay for Hollywood actors. If this is to become a conflict of “professional actors vs small developers” then shit. This is a shitty conflict with no clear winner at best. For now these strikes may not effect indie developers but a future Clarence Thomas Signature Shitpost ™ of a supreme court decision sure will.