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WilliamMinorsWords t1_iufl4i4 wrote

Reply to comment by jensjoy in ELI5: what are Pantone colours and how can they charge you for them? by jambo5600

This just happened recently. Adobe and Pantone decided that if you open a file, no matter how old, that contains a PMS color, it will show as black unless you pay a monthly subscription for it to show. Last I heard, it's like $21/month per color.

It doesn't matter if you're just an individual designer or even a school. This is obviously aimed at major corporations with major brands who will just pay it. But for everyone else, you will just see a black blob.

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jensjoy t1_iufmzg3 wrote

Oh wow, I somehow missed that. Thanks.
That's bad. Adobe has been unchallenged for too long. A lot of stuff they've pulled off since CC would have had big parts of their userbase running off if there was a considerable alternative.

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WilliamMinorsWords t1_iufop1k wrote

I think this just came out in the last couple of days, so don't feel like you're out of the loop or anything.

Adobe is becoming like the Amazon of design. They are acquiring everything, and unfortunately, we can't do our jobs with it. They acquired a major SaaS company, and now they're running wild with the subscription model.

Last week was the Adobe MAX conference, and they've now structured it so that all the good sessions are in person, and the virtual sessions I attended were absolute crap.

I've been an Adobe user since Illustrator88, but I feel like they've just jumped the shark at this point.

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