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You're from Germany by any chance?

I think that in Lemonade german site, they changed the color to a darker pink (probably until the issue with T-mobile is finished)

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Well, based on a 2017 version of their site in archive.org, their 'pink' is rgb(214, 0, 109) while T-Mobile's current pink is rgb(226, 0, 116). Not the same, but as a graphic designer, I think they'd be visually indistinguishable for most people unless comparing bordering swatches.

But fuck T-Mobile though. Magenta is a primary color in most types of print. That they can somehow stop other people from using it is bullshit.

In the late 90's, early 2000's, they aggressively tried to intimidate each and everyone using the letter T for any marketing purposes.

I was surprised Apple didn't crack down harder on non-Apple iTech. That was legitimately confusing.

Apple got away with stealing the name OS9 from Microware so they were not really a position to sue others over similar names without getting their own court testimony from the earlier trial thrown back at them.

They weren't first (imode, Cisco IPhone, iriver).

I'm not from Germany, but I did notice that they changed the color for the German site. My comparison is to the American site.

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