Quote - We don't use zip files because we have a desire for you to accept the TOS among other things. I know that people think its a joke and that pirates laugh at it... But copyrights, trademarks, patents and other protections are no different. We are just doing it by the rules and if a legal issue ever did come up, we would have done our part correctly.

TOS can be accepted as part of our account or profile.  I shouldn't have to agree over and over and over again.  If the TOS changes, we can be notified of the change and be told that we must go into our account and agree again before any downloads are allowed.  That would be acceptable to me and I think to many others, if not all at least probably most.  I'd rather see that than continue with installers or some download manager scheme!  I'd say that probably many agree with me.

Download managers can tend to slow download speeds.  I get a premium speed with Comcast.  I'd like to see my downloads maintain the best speed possible.  As it is, I only get speeds of about 525 to 575 Kilobytes per second at DAZ3D.  Some other sites are significantly faster, and a few as much as 2 or 3 Megabytes per second.  I feel really bad for those who are still on dial-up.  I've seen people saying that they have frequent breaks in downloads, and have to start over again.  This happens more when the download speed from the server is slower.  I don't know how a download manager will affect this for them, it may actually benefit them if it allows restarts from where it left off. (I used to love that about zmodem - yes, I know that showed my age)

Also, the idea that I won't actually have a file that I can use to re-install in case something happens (loss of hard drive, etc.) is disturbing.  I'm not crazy about the idea of having to download what I've paid for again because I am no longer allowed a file backed up locally.  Again, if I were on dial-up the thought of that would be absolutely horrifying!

Dana