Autodesk needs to learn something from this. And yes, even from Blender.
Autodesk bloatware checks licence use, collects user data and supposedly boosts performance. One useful thing: the software updates. That's still not a good enough reason to justify badly integrated clientware. Your software booting speed certainly pails compared to Blender's, and auto updates are a Blender specialialty, particularly on linux.
Your customers are in metaphorical pain. The cure is ease of use, accessibility and fun. All of which is free elsewhere. You have all the money in the world to do something about it.
Your lofty prices alienate most 3d artists, your bearacratic compliance measures kill productivity when license issues meet network trouble. Your bloated software bottlenecks the average user's pc performance. You are losing your loyal customers. The free alternative is already taken to the corperate sector, where waiting for software is even worse, particularly where companies are run overseas. People Never thought blender would be addopted at the corperation i work, yet here we are. You should know that there's more to this than money Art is bigger than you, the few in proprietary are outweighed by the many of opesource.
It's a shock to see you still resting on your lorels with this lack of standard user expectation. It is no longer enough that you are considered the industry standard. Your position is fading, your record of success is attached to this last thread of humility for the customers who sink thousands of dollars into your products.
In other words, stop placing profits on top, start placing PEOPLE on top. Who else but the people source your families income?
Either lift your game or prepare for an uncertain future.
You lost me some time ago, thenow but I'm a gold sponsor of Blender. Somehow the industry is still insists that your software experience is 'industry standard'. Don't make the mistake of losing them too.
Do it for your customers.
Simon
