I brought this issue up earlier, and there are a couple of reasons it has been loud. This is a slippery slope. First it identifies you, then it tracks you, then suggest a subscription, then it will force you to pay a yearly fee. This is something happening with Microsoft. I am not saying CL future plans are evil, but it is in a direction most people would think is bad. Several test drive software that is pirated. I know of 5 people who they got pirated versions (not from me), and tried Poser out. Two deleted it when they realized it was not for them. Two bought full copies, and I think one still used the pirated. Because of this Curious got two purchases of Poser, when they would have had none (but none of the people even thought of downloading the demo, thinking it was bad, errors, beta, unsupported, etc...) CL has my credit card number. If some creates a hack with my Serial Number, they can charge me for distrubiting software. Or if they think I have not bought Item XYZ at their store. Several people had threats if they did not buy textures and etc... Lastly Curious Labs listens. They hear our complaints, when we hate what MS does, we can not effect change. But the community is hoping that we can pursade CL to change. I would prefer more privacy then security measures.