I will take Jenn up on her offer when I get the serial number, thank you.  I just risk everything on the machine by taking it online. What I mean by dead-end models is that if your software dies that's it.  They are of no value unless you can find another software to run them.  This is not the razor blade model where you buy the razor (Poser) once and then keep buying blades. This is the keep buying the razor and keep buying the blades. Rendo is trying to be a subscription model like Adobe, but they're different because they have the store and the models which are the real value in the long run.  At some point for the consumer after a couple of iterations I don't think the rent the razor and buy the blades is going to work.

Smith Micro abandoned Poser and my Game developer died. Money I consider wasted. Fortunately they left 2014 okay and I was able to downgrade. Now I went to use Poser 11 which I thought had a permanent license on that  machine and it was kaput.  At this moment my investment in both Game Developer and Poser 11 have no value because neither work. 

I would like to support Poser , but don't think I should try to justify it anymore. At some point Jenn could say, "Sorry we don't support 11" and then Poser 11 is gone from me like game developer.  Hooking up that machine online to reactivate their software is a big risk, and I'm debating whether I want to deal with the consequences if it gets an infection. I could lose everything including personal data. At the moment I'm not likely to buy 12 or any more versions, but that's just me.  I'm in a waiting mode until I need one of the game developer features that 11 had that I liked. 

As a consumer there is a limit to how many subscription items I can afford, whether it is streaming media, apps or other.  In "other" I hear automakers are planning to make the software features in their cars subscription. You buy a 40,000 car and soon you're going to have to keep paying on a permanent recurring basis for the software to keep it running.  Another monthly expense to ad to the credit card. When you sell your car the software is going to be disabled until the next owner buys a new subscription. 

I'm going to be looking for models that aren't going to put me in a bind a few years down the road if the economy goes bad or inflation outpaces my wages or I don't have the recurring income that I do now.

The thing with Poser, if they DON'T go subscription, I can always buy models when I have money. Models may have value in an inflationary economy.  If I don't have the software I'm not going to be buying models.  I have some LaFemme and LaHomme characters and clothing and hair  but I'm not going to buy anymore right now because I don't have anything that will run them.  That's what I mean by dead end models.