We(Lemmy users) are adblock users and are tired of capitalism that ruined Reddit.
All of us didn't come here to look at ads again or to entertain capitalist dreams of embedding ads everywhere.
My recommendation is clear, let's ban watermarked comics and work towards ad free community.
At the end, music don't have watermarks and neither do art. So why should comics have watermarks?
Linking to the source should be the primary way of attribution.
What I'm hearing is that you don't want to support the creators who's work you repost here.
I don't agree. These types of ads are the few that I'm actually okay with. because it's an artist trying to support themselves, not a corporate schill using AI or trying to push a big corp.
The War and Peas comics artis has a patreon. I can't afford to support them directly but I do want them to receive support.
Why don't you want artists to get paid for their work?
Sigh
I want ad free art.
Artist names/signatures are not ads.
Then go make it yourself, or use an AI to pretend you have the talent to make art, and then you can choose to not put a name on it.
Oh, can AI generate comics?
It's not an ad. You aren't paid. You aren't being fed the information in an incorrect context.
Do you also rip the covers off your books and black out the author's name?
Do you yank the labels off your soup cans because they have the vendor's name?
If you want ad free art, make your own.