Nevertrumper posted at 10:51 AM Thu, 13 April 2023 - #4462029

Instead of wasting money with half ready shaders and a ripped off render engine,
Poser costs 250$ and it includes a ripp off of a render engine that comes free with Blender.)

Am I really the only one here, who thinks, that Poser is milking his loyalists in an dishonest way?

You've repeatedly called Cycles engine "ripped off." It is not - it is open source, which means it's free to anyone to utilise. It was VERY intelligent way for Smith Micro to add physically based rendering to Poser, using a popular, well respected engine, to Poser. It provided Poser users with a vast resouce of tutorials, broad compatibility, and good PBR results. I really don't understand your hostility towards it.

"they‘ could have come up with a solid Blender link and work on those things, that are directly important for an app, that deals with 3d figures. "

A massive number of Poser users have no interest in learning how to use Blender. That said, I thought that Bondware/SM were unwise to cancel the Fusion plug in that enabled you to use Poser in pro 3D software.

No, I do not think Poser/Bondware is milking loyalists. Even if speed was the only improvement in Poser 12, it was worth $99. In Poser 13, the content is easily worth the asking price (although I would have liked more substantive upgrades).

We all want to see Poser thrive, and I have PLENTY of issues with Bondware, but off the top of my head, I'd say ripping off the Poser loyalists is not one of them.