The Aesthetic Tax: Is the Best AI Image Generator Hiding Behind a Paywall?
By Marcus Osei · 6 min read
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The studio light was hitting the product just right, or at least it would have been if the product actually existed.
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This is the reality of the current market.
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When we talk about the best AI image generator for free, we usually mean one of three things: Microsoft Designer (powered by DALL-E 3), Google’s Gemini (formerly Bard), or the open-weights behemoth…
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Microsoft has been remarkably generous.
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Then there’s the question of ownership and privacy.
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If you want the best, you generally have to pay the 'aesthetic tax.' Midjourney currently sits at the top of the mountain, though it refuses to make things easy.