This shouldn't be news to anyone that was reading the forum here a couple of years ago when this info came out. I had a long heated debate going on with a DAZ rep about it. And was repeatedly assured at the time that what DAZ is doing now, wouldn't happen.

Sort of like putting a chain on the back of your truck, but you wont be towing anything. So why is the chain back there?

If DAZ doesn't intend to force people in to using CMS and DIM, why is it I can't download C8.5 and it's free content with out DIM? And why can't I use genesis in carrara with out having CMS installed and running? {which was not an issue in the beta} And if this is a bug why can't we get a fix in a reasonable amount of time? It's my understanding, and I could very well be wrong, but DAZ is done with C8.5. The wont be a C8.5.1 with fixes for anything.

Thing is in 2 years of using the beta I never needed DIM or CMS for anything. But for the release it seems almost manditory.

What's up with that?