Blame capitalism

Blame Capitalism: for holding your intellectual property hostage to exact more money from you for a product you already paid for.

https://www.wired.com/story/adobe-pantone-color-subscription-fee/

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Adobe Just Held a Bunch of Pantone Colors Hostage

Certain Pantone collections now require users to pay $15 a month to access them—with colors turned black unless you pay up.

WIRED
Apr 23, 2025 at 11:16pmIceCubesApp
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@Blame_Capitalism funnily enough, Business Insider did a good video into how this all happened, and what artists think about it.

Yeh, Pantone is (was?) important for colour replication, but the whole thing is a scam, and the Adobe changes are fucked up. They highlight this specifically as a reason people are looking for open source/open use alternatives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnpyTNK4U9U

Why Pantone Colors Are So Expensive | So Expensive | Business Insider

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