CobraBlade posted at 7:41 PM Sun, 21 January 2024 - #4480656

dreamcutter posted at 6:08 PM Sun, 21 January 2024 - #4480653

Who knows how long DAZ can support development without charging for Studio or overcharging for content, skimpware can only take you so far.

I don’t think you’ll have to worry about them charging for Studio since they already tried that. DAZ Studio 3 Advanced was their paid version that they locked features like 64-Bit support behind. Was a flop and it’s all free since then. That’s how DAZ burnt me, that much needed 64-Bit was coming soon for the Mac version and they never released it. So don’t know what the heck I paid for in the end.

Yes, and the reverse can happen when a paid product is released free. I recall feeling burned after investing approx $250 in DS4 Pro (Pro having content creation enabled), to soon find teh DS4 Pro released as the free edition because of the 32/64bit unrest.  The only feature from DS4 Pro paid that did not make the free version was the poly decimator - I think it was a licensed technology sold as a add-on module now.  To the stores credit, they did compensate paid DS4 pro users with credit.  But when DS4 went free, I had a feeling development would halt.  It didnt, lots of updates since but I think its still DS4 BETA (IDK, been awhile).