Blender is an amazing product being used by a ton of professionals, but a lot of people in the CGI industry don't admit to using it because it is free.
Because of this weird echo chamber of "Blender Shame" you have people who actively promote how cool Blender is, which is not always a conscientious reaction, but still stems I think from this reputation fight that Blender is in.
I think the whole PC MASTER RACE joke was a similar response to Apple snobbery.
Actually, "PC MASTER RACE" came from a comedy review of the Witcher. In context, the original quote:
> What quickly becomes obvious is that Witcher is very much a PC exclusive game, which are typically designed to be as complex and unintuitive as possible so that those dirty console-playing peasants don't ruin it for the Glorious PC Master Race.
It was not originally intended to be a positive term.
The PC Master Race thing grew out of a Zero Punctuation video. It’s more about comparing PC games to consoles.
Those I’ve spoken to in the industry have all praised Blender but say they use various commercial tools because it part of their pipeline and they pay for support.
Blender is an amazing product being used by a ton of professionals, but a lot of people in the CGI industry don't admit to using it because it is free.
Because of this weird echo chamber of "Blender Shame" you have people who actively promote how cool Blender is, which is not always a conscientious reaction, but still stems I think from this reputation fight that Blender is in.
I think the whole PC MASTER RACE joke was a similar response to Apple snobbery.