Attribution is not advertising. Cite the artist. (Cropping out citations is just extra work anyway.)
Image found here:
https://joinfediverse.wiki/Lemmy/en
Yes, that's what im arguing for, im gonna crop whatever i want and send it to people and it doesn't hurt anybody and you can cry about it all you want. If you love an artist you can go to their website and buy something from them nobody is stopping you and that helps the artist way more than making sure you include their signature in a screenshot