Talk:Datacolor "sunsetting" older Spyder monitor calibrators

I think it's relevant!

Hi, I have put up my first article but it's been flagged for relevance. I think Datacolor are doing a dirty on its customers by not allowing new activations for older software even though the hardware continues to work and is fully compatible with Windows 11. This is anti-ownership because if I need to reinstall the software, I can't, and will have to throw perfectly working hardware in the bin.

Any tips on how to word the article, please?

Thank you. Pantagoon (talk) 18:32, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Mr Pollo marked it irrelevant w this summary "From what i'm reading the existing 10+ year old devices will still work after the activation servers go down."

from my reading of Spyders are being made obsolete I've come to a similar conclusion. as is mentioned in the article "Currently installed software would keep working after this date" so the product will keep working just without updates. I have no idea what the device is nor do Ik what the types of updates that are being referred to here. are they feature updates or security?

addressing activation. how does the activation work? is it a one time process? regardless some devices will remain unactivated and people that buy those won't be able to use it which is unfortunate.

tips on wording the article, please use sources that are have covered the incident and are verified, not self produced. I also had one of my articles flagged for this very reason and I've been writing for nearly a yr. so do not worry SinexTitan (talk) 19:11, 24 January 2026 (UTC)