Zev0 posted at 7:07AM Sat, 07 November 2015 - #4237324

chaecuna posted at 12:38PM Sat, 07 November 2015 - #4237314

In DAZ forums even DAZ people are openly admitting that this DRM scheme does not deter pirates and users are sloooowly starting to realize that all this stuff is just a ruse to enforce the use of DazConnect, the first step on the slippery slope (as rightly defined over there) to a cloud-only solution.

Mark my words: if this DazConnect thing sticks, the real DRM, a cloud only environment, is just a few years down the road so, fight determinately against it (with the only weapon DAZ people consider, i.e. your wallet) and, in the mean time, find yourself an exit strategy.

Needless to remark that DAZ PAs have to follow the party line and harshly disagree ;-).

Ummm actually, behind closed doors at the round table, (a place where PA's chat) there are quite a few who are against DRM simply because they do not understand what it is about. A few of us actually went to Daz HQ to attend the briefing, and those that did, understand that there is no impact at all really in how you use content, and that this general fear of DRM is based on passed crappy implemented DRM experiences from other companies, which is just being projected onto Daz when nobody has even seen what the Daz one is actually about. But it's natural to fear what you do not understand. I say wait till you get your first DRM product, and then decide from there if you want to leave.

DRM is a small part of what DAZ Connect is, so it would pay to wait and keep the fear mongering to a minimum and understand the other parts of what DAZ Connect is.

Also Cloud only content? Considering some products can be 1gb or more, I would think that would be an unworkable solution for people with limited internet connections or bandwidth restrictions. I know I would get notes and charges from my ISP if I kept downloading a 1gb item (which would take about 20 or more minutes each to even download) to use in multiple scenes. It would be like "Let me get multiple gigs of content from the cloud for just this one scene. Let me do this before I go to bed and it should be done by the time I wake up. Oh, I forgot this item; let me run to the store while it downloads."

It would pay to actually think through what you are suggesting before posting as wild speculations like this can be easily shot down.