Ididn't see anything particularly damning about Genesis or DAZ, least not on page one of this thread.  Except folks saying they do or don't use it, or care for it.  Seems rather civil.  I don't use it.  shrug  That doesn't really affect anything but me.

Or maybe it was later on about DAZ splitting the market?  Good, bad or ugly, that happened.  It really had little to do with Genesis or Poser adopting this or that, it started with Curious Labs went down and DAZ felt it needed its own app because Poser's future was uncertain.

The split has gotten wider but does anyone really think this wasn't inevitable?  When DS arrived it adopted the Poser tech to have a hold in the market, not a love or hate thing.  DS4 it wants its own formats and other things and DAZ is disinterested in making native Poser figures.  Is it okay for them to decide to do that?  Sure it is.

I don't subscribe to it, as in I'm not really interested, but that doesn't mean I don't agree with them.  I also agree with SM not wanting to hitch their trailer to constantly changing tech.  That sounds quite reasonable to me.

Maybe that wasn't written eloquently by others but so what.  If I was into Genesis, I'd be using DS.  It  makes a lot of sense to be using and creating for something in its native environment.  There's a method provided to use Genesis in Poser and either you deal with the shortcomings/quirks/whatnot or you deal yourself out.

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