I am not upset, just making an observation. The manual is unimportant to you. You are willing to pay your money and take what you get. Eventually, you will likely print the .pdf. It is highly likely that most users WILL print the manual or most users WILL buy an aftermarket pub. What advanage was the original price of Carrara to you and them? That is what you are not understanding about this discussion.

Another side of this is that once a company takes that downward slide to corporate greed and begins cutting things such as manuals, it tends to continue in other aspects of the software. Eventually they drive the software into the ground. Has happened before, will happen again. As long as you accept less from a company, they will continue to offer you less.