Oh, good grief.

Okay, so some people don't like the installers, and would rather have .zip files.

Hes it occurred to anyone making this complaint that he/she may not represent the "majority" of DAZ customers?

Seriously-- if DAZ had thousands of customers complaining about this, such that it was apparent that the majority of customers hated the installers, don't you think DAZ would pay attention?  You bet it would.  Even DAZ isn't stupid enough to ignore a majority of its customers.

The problem with forums generally is that a few vocal (and often strident) people, by means of sheer repetition, come to believe that they constitute a "majority."

Well, sorry, but that's not the case.  The vast majority of customers don't even read or post to the forums. 

As with anything else, "money talks."  If the "majority" of customers really hated the installers that much, they wouldn't buy from DAZ.  And if DAZ noticed a significant drop in its revenues and sales, and traced that drop to the installers, you can bet DAZ would change those installers right quick. 

It always cracks me up when people accuse DAZ of being 'greedy" in one breath, and then, in the next breath, turn around and accuse DAZ of being so "UN-greedy" that it would rather lose money than change its installer system.  Like, how absurd is that?  Get real.  If DAZ is truly "greedy," then it sure the hell isn't going to do anything that causes it to LOSE money.

For the record, I hate the new installers too.  I hate having to go through a bunch of extra clicks, and I hate having to tell the damn instaler not to do this and not to do that, and blah-blah-blah.

But do I hate it SO MUCH that I'm going to stop buying products from DAZ?

No.