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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 4668660" data-attributes="member: 18182">I'm fairly confident that D&amp;D 4e and the D&amp;D Insider tools are here to stay for a long time.But, if WotC decides to stop part or all of the D&amp;D Insider service, I don't think they will &quot;screw&quot; their subscribers.&nbsp; The compendium will be gone, of course (unless they decide to make it a free web app).&nbsp; The other web tools will probably remain on the site for free (unless there is a new edition switch or D&amp;D goes belly up altogether).&nbsp; You'll get plenty of warning from WotC before the plug is pulled, so you can make sure to download any magazine PDFs that you want and create PDF character sheets of all your favorite characters in the Builder.&nbsp; Heck, it's even possible they'd make the Builder a free app (with no further updates).It's not like you'll wake up one morning, only to discover D&amp;DI has just disappeared!The &quot;rental&quot; software model doesn't bother me at all.&nbsp; It makes sense for a software package that is continuously updated with tons of new content each month.&nbsp; And, as others have pointed out, your &quot;rental&quot; fee gets you more than software, it gets you the magazine content monthly as well.&nbsp; I pay &quot;rent&quot; on my antivirus software for regular updates, I also pay &quot;rent&quot; to Microsoft and LiveJournal to keep ads off my personal pages and to get some other perks.&nbsp; As long as the price asked seems reasonable to me versus the services rendered, I'm cool with renting!&nbsp; Oh, yeah, I alternate paying &quot;rent&quot; for World of Warcraft and Lord of the Rings Online too . . .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 4668660, member: 18182"] I'm fairly confident that D&D 4e and the D&D Insider tools are here to stay for a long time. But, if WotC decides to stop part or all of the D&D Insider service, I don't think they will "screw" their subscribers. The compendium will be gone, of course (unless they decide to make it a free web app). The other web tools will probably remain on the site for free (unless there is a new edition switch or D&D goes belly up altogether). You'll get plenty of warning from WotC before the plug is pulled, so you can make sure to download any magazine PDFs that you want and create PDF character sheets of all your favorite characters in the Builder. Heck, it's even possible they'd make the Builder a free app (with no further updates). It's not like you'll wake up one morning, only to discover D&DI has just disappeared! The "rental" software model doesn't bother me at all. It makes sense for a software package that is continuously updated with tons of new content each month. And, as others have pointed out, your "rental" fee gets you more than software, it gets you the magazine content monthly as well. I pay "rent" on my antivirus software for regular updates, I also pay "rent" to Microsoft and LiveJournal to keep ads off my personal pages and to get some other perks. As long as the price asked seems reasonable to me versus the services rendered, I'm cool with renting! Oh, yeah, I alternate paying "rent" for World of Warcraft and Lord of the Rings Online too . . . [/QUOTE]

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