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Dread toy-peddler Funko Pop gets cool, handsome Itch.io taken offline via dodgy "AI-powered" brand protection

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Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ZippyBot@lemmy.zip [bot]⁩ to ⁨gaming@lemmy.zip⁩

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dread-toy-peddler-funko-pop-gets-cool-handsome-itchio-taken-offline-via-dodgy-ai-powered-brand-protection

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  • shani66@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Man, funko needs to sink. That low quality trash does nothing but fuck up the environment when people inevitably toss it.

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  • Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wouldn’t call what they peddle “toys” unless you can find me any sort of activity people actually use them for besides display.

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    • anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Alien meme:

      I saw you enjoy combusting and breathing petrochemicals so I had some made into a doll.

      Thank you. I will treasure it for the next 5 minutes.

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    • Mango@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s how I felt as a kid about everything that wasn’t Lego/Bionicle/erector etc…

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  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And then they went after Itch’s Social Manager’s mom.

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  • Mango@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    11/10 title.

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  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Now this is some journalistic bias I can get behind

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