Wrong, Poser does not have the benefit of such reliance as yet, because:

• DAZ Figures are currently superior
• DAZ Studio, the program required to export those superior figures to Blender, happens to be FREE, not $200

You must be able to see the fatal flaw in your thinking, otherwise you are suggesting that customers would rather pay $200 to export inferior figures from Poser, than pay $15 for a plugin to export superior figures from DAZ Studio.

I should be getting paid for this, I really should

Anyway, just off to read that other thread, but even before I do, one thing that appears to be off the cards, is the idea of Poser being purchased with a view to it being released for free as way to capture and drive customers to Bondware. The reason I say that is because there would be no need for them to concern themselves with pointless copy protection if they were intending to release it for free. So that question appears to have already answered itself, unfortunate as it is.