Dread toy-peddler Funko Pop gets cool, handsome Itch.io taken offline via dodgy "AI-powered" brand protection
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dread-toy-peddler-funko-pop-gets-cool-handsome-itchio-taken-offline-via-dodgy-ai-powered-brand-protection
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shani66@ani.social · 16 pts · 1y
Man, funko needs to sink. That low quality trash does nothing but fuck up the environment when people inevitably toss it.
Donkter@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
I wouldn't call what they peddle "toys" unless you can find me any sort of activity people actually use them for besides display.
anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y
Alien meme:
I saw you enjoy combusting and breathing petrochemicals so I had some made into a doll.
Thank you. I will treasure it for the next 5 minutes.
Mango@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
That's how I felt as a kid about everything that wasn't Lego/Bionicle/erector etc...
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
And then they went after Itch's Social Manager's mom.
Mango@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
11/10 title.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 1 pts · 1y
Now this is some journalistic bias I can get behind
zoostation@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
Yesterday someone was posting about how there's AI art slop sold on itch.io. So maybe them getting fucked by AI was karma from them profiting from selling slop.
brutalist@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
But they're not selling it, it's a marketplace.
zoostation@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
But they're profiting from it, like Amazon profits from letting counterfeit goods be sold on their "marketplace".