RGUS opened this issue on Jan 06, 2016 ยท 135 posts
Razor42 posted Tue, 19 January 2016 at 1:44 AM
You're missing one main point. It wouldn't actually be in Daz 3D's best interest to do any of those things.
If they make a EULA .That you can only sell DAZ content at DAZ.com . That would burn stores. If they make a EULA .That you can only give away DAZ content at DAZ.com . That would burn stores. If they make a EULA .That you can not make DAZ characters. That would burn DAZ Dawn & anyone else planning to make DAZ characters.
So when someone goes to another store for a Daz Studio product or sharecg and downloads a freebie. What do they need? Well Daz Studio Obviously. Where do they get Daz Studio? Daz3D.com right. Any idea what a fortune 500 company would spend to drive foot traffic to their websites and stores? Why would Daz3D cut off the hand that feeds? The gain they would make would be much less than what they would lose.
From a Business point of view it sounds like DAZ would have total control. Isn't that what business War for ?
Again at a base level this may seem right, but in reality it's much more complex. Competition drives innovation, increases market size and has a whole host of positive impacts on a market as a whole. It's not always in a company's best interest to destroy all competition mercilessly.
Most of this idea is based on speculative reasoning. It's about the same as me stating "I have heard SM have decided that they are going to target more uptown markets on their next version and plan to quadruple the price and drop the standard version, having only a pro version at $2500!!!" Feel free to quote me out of context and make sure to include the additional exclamation points too.
Could they? Sure. WIll they? Not likely. Is there any evidence to support either theory other than "the sky is falling" type of thinking? None that I can see.
It's basically saying that Daz 3D's plan will be to destroy their entire business model and make changes that when looked at rationally could only adversely affect their business. So they can all kick back and laugh evilly as the industry collapses... sounds like nonsense to me.