>>7688
>I have accounts at both dA and pixiv, with (non-guro) art of my own posted on dA.


LOL our capitalist guy who promised to take his works to the grave posting them on DA for free to prove that communism does not work.
It just can't get funnier

If you make such brave claims that all those artists are making money off their work why you do not join them but complain about piracy?
most of their commercial work is also freely available.

Regardless of why those artworks were produced they still end freely available and get posted by the artist. even if they were commissioned by someone else or paid by some company it does not matter because they are still free.
if you live in Europe even government can pay for your art in form of welfare because you will get more than enough money to survive without getting a job.

if you do commisions you usually post all those commisions for free use as well.

and considering patreon style stuff most content producers give everything to everyone for free anyway. In fact, patreon sometimes makes it worse, because artists who used to post for free now sometimes decide that since I can make money why not.

>It's like you don't understand how publishing works.


How is publishing related to the private work for some rich guy who ordered you to make few pictures at the market price?