The Register MS Uses Slop in Articles About Slop

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 08, 2025

Previously:

• Shutterstock Not Enough? The Register MS Uses Slop Images in Articles (Seemingly More and More Over Time)
• The Register MS Has Begun Using Slop Images
• The Register MS gets Lazy, Uses Slop
• The Register's Slopfest
• The Register MS: We Know Slop is a Bubble and Mindless Hype, But We Get Paid to Participate

The Register MS has just covered a real problem associated with the GPL violations machine run by Microsoft. However, look closely at the feature image they use:

This is not Shutterstock; we are fairly certain it's slop or CG based on other people's work.

There are other examples in their front page right now, e.g.:

Way to go, lads. Remember that these lads are salaried by the "hey hi" hype industry. █