Penguinisto posted at 10:14AM Thu, 02 January 2020 - #4375247

What I don't want to waste too many more chars on is that what you describe already happens.

Yup, and what a lot of people don't realise is that even though Blender itself is Open Source, companies like Autodesk intentionally inconvenience their own customers by routinely changing their formats just to make it harder for them to work with the competition.

There's a video, not far off two hours long with Ton Roosendaal, a great watch if you're a fan of or curious about the history and working of all things Blender, and how and why they do things the way they do. There's even a section in the video where he reveals the sort of practices Autodesk get up to, and you can tell that Ton really couldn't care less what they do, he just sees it for the pointless format war that it is.

Blender is right up there now, despite Autodesk's best efforts to prevent it, hahaha. The Autodesk discussion starts at 46:53, but I recommend both Autodesk renters and Blender owners watch all of it CLICK FOR VIDEO