Yes - precisely. Also, prior to installing the DLC you could edit or clone "XYZ". After the DLC is installed you can no longer do that, and uninstalling the DLC does not restore the ability to edit or clone the asset. If you then go through the additional step of finding and downloading "XYZ" then you can again edit or clone it.The Issue:
"XYZ" is now marked in my install as Payway and if I discontinue Silver membership "XYZ" is "missing" and cannot be downloaded because its "un-purchased" payware?
If the version of "XYZ" that was included with the DLC was newer than the version you had originally downloaded and if you have re-saved your route in the meantime then your route will continue to show the asset as missing until you use an additional procedure (that the Help Desk has not documented) that involves creating a new asset.
If you are making routes while the DLC is installed and you might want to upload the route to the DLS (or elsewhere) then you should avoid using anything marked as payware. Unfortunately, this means you avoid using some items which you would be able to use quite safely if they hadn't been marked as payware in the DLC, because they are actually freeware that is available for anyone to download.
Please note: It is not Silver membership that is the issue, or even the subscription model as such. It is the downloadable content in purchased routes that creates the problem. This applies whether the route was purchased as part of a subscription (whether regular or trial) or simply as an add-on route. Of course, downloading purchased routes is a big part of a subscription such as Silver, so the two do tend to go together. But the problem is in the packaging of purchased routes, not in the subscription model. AFAIK the problem does not arise with routes purchased from third parties.
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