Razor42 posted at 12:20AM Mon, 02 November 2015 - #4236458

SM has a time frame, there is no time frame for DS. If Daz3d disappears you can continue to use all of your content and DS as normal under the conditions I described above. If SM disappears the clock starts ticking with a definite end to Poser use at the lapse of it. 6 months is best case also, it could happen literally overnight with Poser locking you out.

Exactly: there IS a definite window with Poser which can be counted on, not vague assurances with no guarantees, as DAZ is offering. If -- once all content was encrypted -- the DAZ servers vanished off the face of the Earth, there would be no unencrypted content available to distribute and no way to distribute a decryption key. Or maybe it's just as simple as someone else takes possession of those servers (and the unencrypted content AND the decryption key, should one exist) through a bankruptcy and has no legal obligation to fulfill DAZ's promises. As I said, that involves a degree of trust that I don't feel DAZ deserves.