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|This Company is ending their support for their Spyder 5 Screen Color Calibration Devices, it has been announced by mail to all registered users. They enforce this by preventing installation of the Spyder5 Software on new computers by invalidating their license, making the otherwise functional device unusable. They offer a 50% Discount to buy a new Device, yet still no Linux support. | |This Company is ending their support for their Spyder 5 Screen Color Calibration Devices, it has been announced by mail to all registered users. They enforce this by preventing installation of the Spyder5 Software on new computers by invalidating their license, making the otherwise functional device unusable. | ||
The reason stated on their website is that their web services only support TLS v1.2 which is a very weak reason because the devices themselves are USB and only the software is doing the networking. It would be easily possible to implement a more secure protocol for their software. | |||
They offer a 50% Discount to buy a new Device, yet still no Linux support. | |||
|<ref>{{Cite web |first=Datacolor |date=2026 |title=Spyder Obsolescence Upgrade |url=https://www.datacolor.com/spyder/promotions/spyder-obsolescence-upgrade/?link=button&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-06-Spyder5-Upgrade-Operational-EN&_kx=RKhVANuudVAdLAm7zXLE2jRQOzUXW0WLshRBEyIH61U.R5cy97 |url-status=live}}</ref> | |<ref>{{Cite web |first=Datacolor |date=2026 |title=Spyder Obsolescence Upgrade |url=https://www.datacolor.com/spyder/promotions/spyder-obsolescence-upgrade/?link=button&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-06-Spyder5-Upgrade-Operational-EN&_kx=RKhVANuudVAdLAm7zXLE2jRQOzUXW0WLshRBEyIH61U.R5cy97 |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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