>>40086
>And the fact that an allegedly transnational corporation uses upscale sounds stupid. why? In my opinion, these photos are 98% identical, they just have different resolutions
You are confusing upscaling with 'AI upscaling' which typically leaves artifacts. Load an image into GIMP and upscale it the same amount - the result will look 98% identical as per your examples.
Not sure what you mean by 'allegedly transnational corporation'?!?