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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 3892960" data-attributes="member: 5100">Right.  Which really doesn't do much to inspire confidence.In the end, though, neither Gleemax nor DDI are horrible compared to some sites that somehow stay in business.  Go check out the Sprint site sometime.  It's been essentially unchanged for 2-3 years (shortly after the Nextel merger) and could serve as a poster-child of web-site DON'Ts.My concerns are:1) Subscription service.  This makes sense for the Dragon/Dungeon content, but subscription software (outside of enterprise maintanence agreements, virus definition updates, etc.) is one of my big peeves.  It bugs me at a pretty basic level the same way DRM on music and documents does.  Depending on the final implementation, this may get a bye because of the sourcebook updates.2) Internet connection required for the tools.  See point #1.  I know it's ironic for a web application developer to hate web-based applications, but I do.  It's different if there's a reason for the app to be connected (I enterprise tools), but there really isn't for a chargen app.  Requiring the app to phone home really is DRM -- if I end my subscription, my app is toast.I think the Dragon/Dungeon part will be fine and I've been a big supporter of the idea.  It's the tools that I'll have to wait and see about.  Even if they are untouchable for performance and features, there's still a bit of a pseudo-ethical objection they're going to have to overcome as far as I'm concerned.  Currently, I have a flat-out "no buy" policy for any software that does the above.</blockquote>

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