“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.
  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 days ago

    The reason is simple. It’s become very obvious very quickly that unless you have billions to develop your own model, and a way to lock users in, there is no way you’re ever going to have a chance at making it back. They’re trying to save themselves from making a bad knee jerk reaction.

    But they can’t admit that, so they’re trying to hide it however possible and mitigate the financial damage at the cost of anything else they can use.