There is an entire industry of Leftists who believe its not only acceptable but cheap to charge people hundreds of dollars for a black and white drawing of some character, no background. And that you should be forced to wait in line for such a great offering. That's before getting into the porn side, which felt even more comfortable in their niche as "the only guy drawing this specific thing."

They all want to be the "Elite's Chosen Money Launderer" being able to live as an artist making lots of money on silly scribbles, so they forced the industry to accept ridiculous prices as the default to feed their ego and laziness. And AI represents the breaking of that monopoly.