I also have my work PCs permanently offline for security reasons (as well as protecting myself from those incessant updates). I made all my licenses permanent, but if Poser ever requires a permanent online connection, that will be the end of Poser for me, without hesitation. So yeah I hope they either keep it this way or revert to the old style.

"The fool is not the one that does something foolish, but the one that does nothing at all."