Comments on: “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

By: Mogdan

Mogdan — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 12:05:03 +0000

I honestly can’t wait for this AI tech bubble to burst.

I studied it for my degree and was amazed at the beneficial applications it could be used for.

Now all I see is a tidal wave of AI slop content on social media, reports of communities getting their water services redirected towards cooling for AI mills, data centres using more fossil fuel powered generators than they’re permitted to keep the algorithms churning and now the consumer market for computer components is being affected by price hikes due to shortages in resources and because they know AI startups will happily pay more.

I would never have predicted fonts for games to be a victim of the AI fad, but here we are. I hope everyone who invests in AI for profit loses every penny.

By: Zeranamu

Zeranamu — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:28:05 +0000

Aren’t there a ton of completely legible fonts that people could use for free, instead of paying into whatever this mess is? Not only free, but free to use commercially, and aesthetically on par?

The Noto ones from Google, or the brush style Kouzan fonts, for example. I’m baffled people would still be paying a subscription to use fonts in the first place, honestly, but that may just be me. Regardless, there are quality, free alternatives out there, thankfully.

By: Me

Me — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:51:23 +0000

Ah yes, punish your customers for your poor decisions, that’ll keep you afloat. Typical behavior for private equity firms. Smells like yet another PE antitrust suit in the making, tho at that price there is plenty of room for digital artists to enter the market.

By: LHC

LHC — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:54:20 +0000

wwooooooow