chaecuna posted at 1:43PM Wed, 06 January 2016 - #4247289

What can this "thing" be? I initially thought that DAZ would move to a browser-based cloud architecture but this theory is eliminated by DAZ insistence of using Studio APIs (if you go browser, Studio will become obsolete and whether people use APIs or not is irrelevant) so we derive that Studio will remain around, central in DAZ architecture.

Now DAZ representatives and vendors will step in and try to dismiss what I have written. Weight their words remembering that their paycheck depends on DAZ management.

Lol

chaecuna posted:

To me, the story stinks every day more of a ruse to push down the users throats (or UP another "channel") the use of DAZ Connect which is nothing but the first step towards a cloud-only "solution" (b.t.w., since it autonomously "suggests" products examining your scene, it is already a push technology and not just a pull one, as the DAZ guys still pretend it to be). The conclusion that a cloud-only architecture is DAZ final objective is becoming every day more inescapable."

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The continued DAZ indifference to those pointing out that the DRM scheme is leaky is a dead giveaway that DAZ sees no need for a strong DRM scheme... in Studio, which can only be rationally explained by a future in which the Studio we know is a tool reserved for content developers and is as embargoed as nowadays are HD tools. For everybody outside the PAs elite, the logical final step is a super-duper Platinum club, with access to DAZ Cloud, with content and rendering capabilities, accessed with the web-based Studio version.

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"There's no "cloud" in DS."

DAZ 3D LibrarydatacloudSKUNUMBERruntimetexturesARTISTNAMEPRODUCTNAME notice the "CLOUD" directory name. Come on, a document tagged "Evil Plans for World Domination" is what I would expect in a "Pinky and the Brain" episode, not in real life; for further info, see "freudian slip". Next time you are looking for a name of a directory that does not give away your plans use a GUID.

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To me, the story stinks every day more of a ruse to push down the users throats (or UP another "channel") the use of DAZ Connect which is nothing but the first step towards a cloud-only "solution" (b.t.w., since it autonomously "suggests" products examining your scene, it is already a push technology and not just a pull one, as the DAZ guys still pretend it to be). The conclusion that a cloud-only architecture is DAZ final objective is becoming every day more inescapable.

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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 ;-).

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As a Studio user (at least for the time being) I send my most heartfelt wishes to success to P11, Paul and Pauline. Without any kind of competition, DAZ move to the cloud nightmare will be even faster than what is already happening.

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There are 9 just released products for Pauline in Rendo marketplace, many of them developer's oriented. For the first time, I see third party traction on SM figures. Apparently, the nightmare of a market completely monopolized by DAZ and captive in the cloud is spurring content providers to action. "The more you tighten your grip...".

and finally states:

I initially thought that DAZ would move to a browser-based cloud architecture but this theory is eliminated by DAZ...

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