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The only question is this. Will studio "know" which content has an update waiting online for you and tell you... giving you the option of a one button click download and install to the location indicated in your prefs*... or will you insist on the masochistic punishment of the current download and install process.

 

I disagree, but here are my reasons why:

• I like being able to back up the bits. Nowadays, that takes the form of backing up entire runtime directories, but the point remains intact. I have an easily portable and cross-platform method of keeping my pile of goodies in a form that I can move from one computer (or one OS) to another, as old computers die and new ones are built.

• I most emphatically do not want to slide into a situation where data that I have purchased is held ransom to DRM and any arbitrary removal by any party that isn't me. See also Amazon's Kindle, Microsoft/Danger's Sidekick, etc.

• I actually empathize with the guy for having an offline box, especially if he's using Windows. It takes nothing to shove directories over to a USB stick or USB HDD, and shove them into the offline box. I'd hardly call that "masochistic".

 

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Quote - where is the fun in rebuilding 300 Gb of runtimes?

...and that is why I have rsync on my laptop, and a server that specifically backs things up automatically when I'm on the home network.

Anyone that has a bajillion individual installer packages backed up for eventual install? Heh... good luck with that.