But the amount of pleasing useful art has gone up x1000; If I had a blog, I would now have access to art that would be a perfect fit for my words, whereas 5 years ago, I would have to do with a my own (talent-lacking) doodles.

Would some people prefer no art/illustration to AI generated art? Sure. But even more would prefer no art to my doodles.

I for one would rather see the doodles