“They burned millions but got nothing.” Japanese game font provider’s aggressive price hike could be result of parent company’s alleged AI failure and financial struggle  - AUTOMATON WEST
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After it replaced a domestic $380 annual license plan for game fonts with a $20,500 plan, Monotype has come under scrutiny.
  • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 hours ago

    They were purchased by Monotype, a global font monopoly, and the whole “buy all competition, send prices into the stratosphere, then sue whoever can’t pay the extortion or change their fonts” is Monotype’s entire M.O. Every country on the planet should be breaking them into a hundred pieces and locking up their executives for the rest of their lives.