Yawn.
Sorry, but unless someone can show me an alternative that let's me "pose" realistic (as in PHOTO-realistic) 3d humans, I see no reason for any "doom & gloom" at all.

D|S is a complete non-issue regardless what new gimmicks they might introduce as long as their rigging is still on Poser 4 level.

Give me 3d humans that look and bend like real humans. (Like Poser 7 and PRO can)
Give me an easy way to create my own morphs. (Like Poser magnets and the MorphBrush can)
Give me a way to modify/do my own rigging. (Like the Poser SetUp room can)
Give me an "open" format I can experiment with. (Like Posers cr2 which I can edit with notepad)
Give me years of 3rd party support. (Like all the helper apps and python scripts folks made for Poser)

Give me ALL THAT and MORE and make it BETTER, CHEAPER, FASTER and MORE CONVENIENT to use than Poser, so that I have a reason to dump eight years of learning/using/experimenting with Poser and spending more of my valuable time learning a new program from the ground up, and then I MIGHT give this issue more than a passing glance.

Poser is far from perfect, and I welcome any attempt to improve it, but as the saying goes:

Those who can, do.
Those who can't, talk trash on the internet.