It’s really telling how AI-assisted software development is simply divided into black and white, as if there were no in-between. Apparently, although there is.

I think they have a professional offering. You can give them a bit of your money to have a proper branding as you like, or just remove it. The cost-free version is not primarily meant for commercial use. Just stop thinking a company is non-commercial.

It is simply stupid if the companies prejudge a project in such a way, although there would be an offer for them, which is made especially for commercial projects.

Then let happen what needs to happen. The company does not have a simple and cheap solution for fighting bots. Maybe it is better they don’t have such protection.

Then don’t recommend it to others. Keep being ashamed of the cute, anime-style picture just because everyone else is embarrassed by it. But that’s not how the world’s problems get solved.

Then point out that their way of thinking is unprofessional without saying so directly. That’s what I would do, at least.

There is a way to use something like Anubis without having to deal with the image. But you need to handle it professionally.

If they cannot stay professional, be the one who stays professional.

Probably not an answer you’d like to see: I am using FeedFlow which supports bookmarking articles, having FreshRSS as the source of truth.

Well, AI forces people to rethink a broken economy.

When not sure, this site explains it well: https://choosealicense.com/