not saying this is you, but i get so tired of feedback about ai-generated images along the lines of "you're taking money away from local artists" it's not one

not saying this is you, but i get so tired of feedback about ai-generated images along the lines of "you're taking money away from local artists" it's not one or the other. in my experience it's a decision of "no images" vs "ai images". in this case, probably "no images" would've been better for the reading experience. but there was never any illustrator getting paid