I’m gutted at what’s happened to this site…for me it was arguably the best website i’ve ever used in 25+ years of using the internet…such a shame…I really hope that just for once somebody listens to the complaints & puts things back as they were,otherwise it’s useless to me.

  • fathur_shaon47@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    This was my refuge for guilty/carnal pleasures. As someone who personally prefers the imaginary over the real thing, I kind of feel disabled/handicapped. The new model is overtly realistic with hideous mutated output, while the old one maintained a fine tuned balance between realistic and imaginary.

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      19 hours ago

      Same here,used to spend far too much time on here tbh,literally “simply” creating 1000s of images of what I wanted (in seconds) - now that’s all gone…it’s become slow & overcomplicated…it’s not worth the effort anymore…why not give users both options?

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        17 hours ago

        Because hosting an AI model is not free. To host both models at the same time would likely require additional cost.

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          16 hours ago

          Buying servers and bandwidth for long term will literally cost anyone worth of 2 mortgages in city centers, hardware costs are borderline ridiculous these days, let alone maintaining them for 24/7 in a air conditioned room. Those who provide the hosting services are robber barons - they weigh your needs and play the good buddy; and when you are completely reliant on them, then suddenly one day, the price hikes without a proper explanation, because shifting to another provider would cost downtime and extra $$ for file and model transfers.