Yes you do have to have the tech for the 3D art world to move on but new tech does not mean better tech or that old tech is obsolete.  The question is does the figure you use provide the means to reach your goals, which is often why people will use different figures because their goals are different.

Bickering happens in all hobbies to a greater or less degree and I have played with a few hobbies over my long life to know that this is true.  The bickering comes when people try and impose their view on others.  The this "figure/software/game engine is the greatest and if you cannot understand that you are thick and missing out" is the one that pushes my buttons but again different people will have different things that excite or annoy them.

I have stuck with one figure on the whole because it does what I need and I have concentrated my time on trying to get the best from that figure.  I now understand more about the material room than I did a few years ago and I put that to good use.

Yes the support of vendors is improtant to some degree but some of the gems that BB has added in these forums have really pushed my understanding and enjoyment of the hobby and that is improtant for it proves that the forums are very much a two sided coin.

Again each indivdual will see the glass half full or half empty, some will not see that glass at all.  Which one you decide to take is up to you as there is no right or wrong answer, but the choice does affect the enjoyment you get in return.

 

 

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.