Writers_Block posted at 7:43PM Mon, 15 August 2016 - #4280036

Male_M3dia posted at 7:56PM Mon, 15 August 2016 - #4280030

Writers_Block posted at 2:25PM Mon, 15 August 2016 - #4279991

LaurieA posted at 1:30PM Mon, 15 August 2016 - #4278042

OMG..for the last time...you DON'T have to be connected to the web to use or install Daz studio or your content. Only if you WANT to. The only thing you need worry about is your ENCRYPTED content, but if you don't want encrypted content, don't buy it. Simple ;). The majority of products at Daz - including the stuff you've already bought - remains unencrypted.

I swear, no one bothers to read anymore ;).

Laurie

It might be helpful to give the full requirements.

Authorisation is needed for Connect (DRM) content; this is either connecting the computer once, or (I don't know if this works yet) downloading a key to install on the computer if it doesn't have access to the internet.

You're still trying to argue an unrelated point.

To use 4.9, you don't have to use use connect. All your old connect still works and content is still offered in non-encryption formats. Also Connect is NOT DRM.

After all these pages of this thread, that should have been settled by now.

Nope, I said tell the whole story; and you said it yourself, about avoiding DRM content; well you said encrypted which is misleading.

All content from Daz contains some encrypted components; as it is not DRM protected there is no risk of being locked out. DRM poses that risk, and as you quite rightly suggest, not purchasing it is a way to avoid that risk.

And I said what you're saying; avoid Connect(DRM) content. However, my understanding is that the Connect process requires you to log in once, authorise the account in some way? Am I mistaken?

Tell me, how do you download any content without it?

However, it is still not DRM. You connect to your account, as you would with DIM or from DAZ's webpage, but not all the content is encrypted. Items not encrypted are still readable by humans so you aren't locked out, which is why I say Connect is not DRM. Still, 4.9 has updates and fixes to use content and updates to iray, but the focus still isn't on DRM; Connect isn't not all there is to the update. Your argument relies on the assumption that you don't have to enter your credentials to get your content from either the webpage or DIM, but you have to do that in those cases, agreeing to the EULA before you can access your content. Connect is just a way to get your content without leaving DAZ Studio, and that's the point you're missing because you're hung up on the speculation revolving encrypted content.

Like I said, we've covered this many times in this 17 page thread.