Randy, I'm sorry, but how are they making money off of you? As far as I can see, Renderosity gets a share of the merchant sales and then their pay services, the e-mail accounts, locker space, extra gallery uploads. Where are they getting a lot of money from you?

You know, they could have banner ads, pop-ups, all kinds of annoying advertising if they needed the money that bad. They don't. Have you ever priced servers? Have you the skill to host a site with your own servers, a site the size of Renderosity? It takes money. I've seen a good number of awesome sites go down because they simply cannot afford it any longer.

If the policies the web site owners decide to bring into effect bother you, the simple solution would be to just not go back to the site. shrug You can take down your gallery, stop posting in the forums, do your shopping elsewhere. But lets be honest, do you really think a few dozen people getting pissed and leaving is going to make a difference to Renderosity? I don't, especially when they have more people signing up everyday to post their work in the galleries, sell their merchandise, etc.

I apologize if I have offended you or anyone else, but I think Renderosity has the right to do whatever they feel like doing, it is their site, they make the rules, and it they want to profit from it, more power to them. Those who don't like it can choose to no longer visit. It's just that simple.

goes back to lurking