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It's actually a genius idea. If you are someone who the professional presentation of not having an anime girl on the loading page is required, then you can affo

It's actually a genius idea. If you are someone who the professional presentation of not having an anime girl on the loading page is required, then you can afford to fork over the cash to fund development.

zuzululu 2mo ago
I guess the disconnect here is a bunch of HN'ers believing professional companies and websites want to attach their branding to a sexualized anime character and that they are willing to pay to remove it. Which one then wonders why they would install it in the first place.
- snailmailman 2mo ago
  Sexualized? It’s just a cartoon/anime character holding a magnifying glass
  - cromka 2mo ago
    In any case, if you run a professional website, this immediately comes off as juvenile and/or amateurish. And am y people just assume it's part of your website.
    - xena 2mo ago
      Money can be used to purchase goods or services, such as an unbranded version.
      - zuzululu 2mo ago
        [flagged]
        krapp 2mo ago
        There is absolutely nothing sexualized about the Anubis mascot.
        account42 2mo ago
        You are very naive if you believe there is nothing sexualized about furries.
        krapp 2mo ago
        I'm not talking about furries I'm talking about the mascot of the Anubis software program, which is not in any way sexualized. Do you believe any anthropomorphic cartoon animal must be implicitly sexual because "furries exist and have sex?" I hate to break it to you but just about everyone has sex. Also, Looney Tunes must horrify you. Wile E. Coyote isn't even wearing any clothes at all, and they show that to children!
        pritambaral 2mo ago
        > ... sexualized ... Perhaps you should check if anybody else sees what you see. After browsing through every image I could find in the history of this project, I, at least, am convinced: any "sexualization" _you_ see is entirely in your head. > ... in judeo christian societies I really hope you're not trying to whitewash your own bias by alluding to those religions. From everything I've read of their texts, and interacted with practioners of those religions, I'm unaware of any bias that classifies _cartoon depictions of children_ as "sexual". Perhaps you should try whitelabeling instead. Don't like the packaging? Package it yourself!
- Rebelgecko 2mo ago
  What specific aspects of the image do you feel are sexualized?
duskwuff 2mo ago
Per personal communication, this is precisely why the developer did that.
- Gander5739 2mo ago
  They wrote about it here: https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/avoiding-becoming-peg-dependency/ https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/avoiding-becoming-peg-dependenc...

zuzululu 2mo ago

I guess the disconnect here is a bunch of HN'ers believing professional companies and websites want to attach their branding to a sexualized anime character and that they are willing to pay to remove it. Which one then wonders why they would install it in the first place.

snailmailman 2mo ago
Sexualized? It’s just a cartoon/anime character holding a magnifying glass
- cromka 2mo ago
  In any case, if you run a professional website, this immediately comes off as juvenile and/or amateurish. And am y people just assume it's part of your website.
  - xena 2mo ago
    Money can be used to purchase goods or services, such as an unbranded version.
    - zuzululu 2mo ago
      [flagged]
      - krapp 2mo ago
        There is absolutely nothing sexualized about the Anubis mascot.
        account42 2mo ago
        You are very naive if you believe there is nothing sexualized about furries.
        krapp 2mo ago
        I'm not talking about furries I'm talking about the mascot of the Anubis software program, which is not in any way sexualized. Do you believe any anthropomorphic cartoon animal must be implicitly sexual because "furries exist and have sex?" I hate to break it to you but just about everyone has sex. Also, Looney Tunes must horrify you. Wile E. Coyote isn't even wearing any clothes at all, and they show that to children!
      - pritambaral 2mo ago
        > ... sexualized ... Perhaps you should check if anybody else sees what you see. After browsing through every image I could find in the history of this project, I, at least, am convinced: any "sexualization" _you_ see is entirely in your head. > ... in judeo christian societies I really hope you're not trying to whitewash your own bias by alluding to those religions. From everything I've read of their texts, and interacted with practioners of those religions, I'm unaware of any bias that classifies _cartoon depictions of children_ as "sexual". Perhaps you should try whitelabeling instead. Don't like the packaging? Package it yourself!
Rebelgecko 2mo ago
What specific aspects of the image do you feel are sexualized?

duskwuff 2mo ago

Per personal communication, this is precisely why the developer did that.

Gander5739 2mo ago
They wrote about it here: https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/avoiding-becoming-peg-dependency/ https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/avoiding-becoming-peg-dependenc...