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Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't

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Re: Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't

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This article would be so much better without the generic AI-generated images everywhere.

Agreed but I didn't want to just take random images from the web that I don't have the rights too and I my artistic skills are not good enough.

You could just not generate extra images that aren't relevant to the article. I like the charts and diagrams even when they're AI, because they serve a purpose. But the extra images for flair or whatever are completely pointless and even annoying.

Re: Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't

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post #3

This article would be so much better without the generic AI-generated images everywhere.

i agree, i do like the article content itself, but the AI-generated images (clearly nano banana btw) really kill the credibility. even just using stock images with the watermarks clearly visible would be better

Re: Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't

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Slop? I wrote this myself over the last 4 days. [edit] Since people really hate the AI images, I have removed all of the ones not relevant to the article. As soon as the github action is through it will be deployed.

The article was well written, really enjoyed it and I learned something as a Swiss citizen using this outlet every day! But I agree with the other commenters, I would replace the AI generated images with something else, they drag drown the articles credibility IMO

Re: Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't

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Agreed but I didn't want to just take random images from the web that I don't have the rights too and I my artistic skills are not good enough.

You could just not generate extra images that aren't relevant to the article. I like the charts and diagrams even when they're AI, because they serve a purpose. But the extra images for flair or whatever are completely pointless and even annoying.

Ok thanks. I will keep that in mind for my next post.

Re: Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't

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The AI-generated images really hurt the article. I found myself skipping everything except for the charts/diagrams.

Would you prefer a large wall of text? If that is what people rather have I would leave them out next time. I find it easier to read with images in between the text but I agree, it would be better if the images where not AI.

Again like I said, I don't mind the charts and diagrams but I don't like the random extras.

First image: extra. "The Paradox" section header: extra. "The Natural Monopoly" section header: sort of helpful. "The German Model" and "The American Model" headers: also sort of helpful. Also, the chart of monopoly territories is definitely helpful. But then after that, the "monopoly power" image is complete slop. "The Swiss Model" header is sort of helpful. The following couple of photos are also helpful! Speedtest result is helpful. But then the image after that is kind of pointless. "The Oversight" header is kind of pointless. The photo after that is kind of helpful. "The Answer" header I can't really make sense of and I'd lean more towards not helpful.

Re: Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't

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Agreed but I didn't want to just take random images from the web that I don't have the rights too and I my artistic skills are not good enough.

You could just not generate extra images that aren't relevant to the article. I like the charts and diagrams even when they're AI, because they serve a purpose. But the extra images for flair or whatever are completely pointless and even annoying.

I would go a little further (and apologies for being rather blunt): but I find the over-use of irrelevant images to be rather insulting, as if I am unable to maintain focus on an article, without the frequent shiny object.

Re: Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't

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post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could just not generate extra images that aren't relevant to the article. I like the charts and diagrams even when they're AI, because they serve a purpose. But the extra images for flair or whatever are completely pointless and even annoying.

I would go a little further (and apologies for being rather blunt): but I find the over-use of irrelevant images to be rather insulting, as if I am unable to maintain focus on an article, without the frequent shiny object.

I wouldn't necessarily call that further. The images I like are relevant because they visually explain things that are helpful. The images I don't like are irrelevant because they serve no purpose other than to Be Images for no good reason.

Re: Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Slop? I wrote this myself over the last 4 days. [edit] Since people really hate the AI images, I have removed all of the ones not relevant to the article. As soon as the github action is through it will be deployed.

The article was well written, really enjoyed it and I learned something as a Swiss citizen using this outlet every day! But I agree with the other commenters, I would replace the AI generated images with something else, they drag drown the articles credibility IMO

I would get rid of just the irrelevant images and leave the others. There are a few that are actually helpful.
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