*"Many individuals give up without developing basic knowledge first; in essence giving up on a great opportunity to develop artistic skills.  Have we become a society striving for application instant gratification that we forego learning something that could become truly amazing?"

Yes, That's what Daz is for. They do it all for you. They tell you what you need, how to use it and when to upgrade to the next version.

How many times have someone  said they need something that would only take a couple of minutes and a magnet or two to do and you get 50 links to merchant products. Or, you tell them how they can do it and they say they don't want to learn, make it for me and give it to me.

I'm a poser user. I buy something from Daz knowing I will have to hack it to be able to use it fully. I try DS every so often, just to see what is going on with it but I prefer Poser.

Yes that plugin/nickle and dime you to death, is annoying.