I like DAZ; I got my start in 3D with Studio 1.8, and I've long been able to find a good deal or two there.  It's been sad to see this happen; it's sort of like like watching a friend drink himelf to death. I wish they'd get their act togther.

 

I feel much the same way, if I had not stummbled on Daz some years ago I would not have the hobby I have now.  Using one of the early free versions of Daz was the only reason I had the courage to spend, what I regarded as a lot of money at the time, on Poser 5.  I liked Poser and stopped using Daz software but still spent a small fortune at Daz 3D.  I subscribed to PC membership for something like 4 years and thought it was great at the time.  I guess my horizons were raised though and I started buying higher quality products and, while there were some real good PC products available, soon the cost of membership was not worth it.  It was not Daz's fault I moved on and I still shopped at Daz and happily paid more for the items I wanted.  Today I would still buy from Daz if there was something I wanted, the prices I do think have gone up but I would still pay them if there was something I wanted and could use.  Sadly the Daz I think I knew seems to have gone and I miss my old friend.

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.