movida posted at 7:26AM Sat, 30 November 2019 - #4368355

Mythocentric posted at 6:16AM Sat, 26 October 2019 - #4368349

Hi Rhia474.

(1) "... However, that purchase came with impediments in the form of SM's unfortunate decision to impose its 'phone-home' feature which I believe was originally applied with the intention of putting certain versions of Poser on a subscription-only basis. That feature has been perpetuated and inherited by Bondware. Not an ideal situation and clearly a feature which is detested by many as countless posts here can attest both long before and after Bondwares purchase. That situation is further exacerbated when that feature is not only retained but extended from approximately once a month to every nine days with the added threat of purchasers losing access to the program they have purchased if they do not comply. I would remind you that we are talking about a permanent license here and that has a meaning in legal terms, in fact, at some point in the future could result in a legal challenge being mounted. (I should insert at this point that this is something I have verified with my lawyers, not with the intention of doing so but as a hypothetical test in order to be sure of my facts!) ..."

(2) ** Agreed.** In addition, you'd think that the existence of a viable alternative that is not crippled by phone home would lend itself to a little "eye opening" on the part of the new owners. I do not use any Adobe products newer than CS6 (the last non phone home), I won't use Substance for the same reason. I don't care what app it is nor how much I love it, if they go "subscription" (i.e., analyzing, location, perusing your personal computer, collecting personal data etc., the truth of it) I'm out. Period."

(3) I never buy subscription software unless (a) business requires it and I can make more money on the software than it costs for the subscription [think Adobe's near monopoly of the professional graphic illustrator's market] (b) it is subscribe to own, making the monthly cost very low, and the software permanently available as long as I have a system to run it. Poser is unusual in that it is not normally run as a stand alone software but instead needs the content that Renderosity provides. It should NEVER be a subscription software with a kill switch. That's just terrible, terrible long term planning for possible short term gain.

If poser had started with a kill switch or as subscription I would not have even considered buying the software or any of the content that it requires. My first 3D experience would have been DAZ all the way.