For
It helps in media, gaming, and avoids using real models.
Against
It makes it harder to tell truth from fiction.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“I don't want to use stock photos of real people as I'm not making fun of them but fictional characters I made up.”
“In the same way, they could hire an artist to do drawings of their food or clothing, and that would not be false advertising.”
“We're running out of avenues of proof to back the truth.”
“Presenting it as a "real photograph" would be wrong because nothing in the picture exist.”