This approach only works in daylight with cameras that rely on colour only. Infrared spectrum cameras such as what Australia uses on mobile phone traffic cameras are much harder to deal with. Patterns don't cut it and it's a huge part of military research into hiding vehicles from infrared spotters.
Disabling the cameras entirely is much more effective.
We've gone from the village idiot, to villages of idiots, and now the gospel of idiocy praise unto the king of morons and his flock to punish the sinners of critical thought.
There really is no shortage of people who are incapable of thinking critically or that not every issue is black, white, left, or right to be solved with upvotes and likes.
That would imply preserving the original. No, they are having their AIs revise history and its literature to whatever they deem 'acceptable' in their new world order, hence the rampant book banning spree they've been on as of late.
But they did such a great job of feeding the world's most problematic corporations government IDs and photo identification of minors and storing it in databases ripe for hackers.
Brought to you by the government whose national health network failed its security audit last year, and had 13 million records breached through a 3rd party the year before that.
Not that it matters anymore. GN summarised it best stating that we're already long past the point where the extortionate prices matter to even enthusiast consumers who wouldn't buy this shit at 3x MSRP anyway. Even prebuilts are selling empty case 'kits' to keep inventory moving.