FWIW - Reading comprehension = Nil for some.

I wasn't complaining about the freebies, I said the majority are for Genesis. That's great for Genesis users, and sucks for me. I didn't say they are bad, or useless, or anything like that. I wouldn't DO that, but you read into it what you wanted to see.

Besides...I probably said what most Poser users are thinking, but don't dare say, because it'll be read as a complaint, rather than as stating a fact.

Man...seriously. I'm ditching one forum after another these days, because people are unwilling or incapable of taking something at face value.

Randall wanted to know what the issues are, and being unable to spend vouchers due to incompatible content, or restrictions, is an issue. It means I don't shop. Freebies I can't use are another issue, because that also means I don't bother with the forums.
We are being told that Poser users will not be shunted to the side and eventually driven away, but a list of content we can't use will do this faster than anything. Whether it's free, or for sale. If we have no reason to visit Daz, then we don't shop there. That's my point. Freebies drive sales. Not just for Daz, but also for the PA's.
If I can't use them, then why should I bother going there? That's not a complaint, that's simply a fact.
The freebies are wonderful for those who can use them, and of no interest whatsoever to those who can't.
Worse, it means customers feel that Daz doesn't care about them, which is precisely the reason Randall came over here. To reassure us that this is not the case.
Unfortunately, looking at the store and -yes- the freebies, a completely different picture emerges. Whether it's intended or not, whether it's driven by Daz or not, whether it's true or not -- none of that matters if the perception the customer gets is not the one they want to project.
I've shopped "over there" before Daz even existed and it was still Zygote. There are still many of us old timers around. And we will be the hardest of all to convince that we are still valued customers.
Right now, I don't feel like a valued customer. I feel slighted, unwelcome and unvalued. I feel like that old shoe that gets pushed aside in favor of a newer, unfaded, more modern boot, even though I'm probably the more comfortable one to wear because I know the shape of your foot better.

BTW -- The only issue I have with the installers is that the older ones are throwing up a "Did this item install correctly" in Win7.
And the gazillion clicks. roll eyes.
Other than that, I honestly don't care whether it's zip or exe. I do what most old timers do: Install to a temp folder and put it where I want it.

But I can see that on a Mac you can have issues due to incompatibility with operating systems. That's a problem, but I can also understand that Daz doesn't want to rebuild every installer just to make sure it works on all Mac incarnations, when it has no such problems on Windows.
I don't know the software that's available for a Mac and which would be backwards compatible, but if there is something, they should use that instead of whatever is used now.

Silke