Civitai users complain LoRA creators lock models behind Buzz payments
Read original source →reddit.comReddit users on r/StableDiffusion say LoRA and fine-tune creators are increasingly locking downloads permanently behind Civitai's Buzz currency. The poster tolerated earlier time-delayed releases for non-payers but objects to permanent paywalls.
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