Wow! I missed the party. No matter. I'm going to comment broadly on some of what I've seen here.

I was unaware the Ignore button was actually a 2-way block button. I thought it was just as marked - I'm ignoring that person's posts, blah blah.  Fascinating.

I don't really see how anyone outside of Daz can comment meaningfully on Daz's profitability or financial health.That's internal info, they're privately held. That said, no matter how much money they make, they want to make more - That's what businesses do. I'm sure the new subscriptions are part of that. 

Like others, I'm no fan of the new subcriptions and especially not the rentware content.

Obviously, people come here to discuss things that would be quickly deleted from the Daz forum. People want to express themselves without being deliberately censored.

Piracy harms the artists as much or more than it harms Daz. No thank you.

IME, content from some of the alternative sites may not be not well-tested. The alternative sites may not have a good return policy, or any return policy. Caveat Emptor. Not saying content from alternative sites is bad - Some of it's great! And I've encountered some serious weirdness, too.