Why nobody makes models like illustrious/pony using newer base models like Krea 2?

What makes SDXL so special that people still work over it? Are new models too heavy to train models like these? Not demanding it just asking

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2026-10-01 13:48 · r/StableDiffusion
Why nobody makes models like illustrious/pony using newer base models like Krea 2?

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