Go use Blender. It's a recommendation I can make without reservation or concern about Cloud-connected Launchers or subscription service deals later down the line. It's software so good that not paying for it is a surreal human experience.
It is almost an anomaly that the highest market cap companies are software companies until you realize that most of their value actually comes from network effects (Meta) or actual hardware (Cloud providers and Apple)
I thought he was full of it (as teenagers will), but over time I've come to see where he was coming from, and Blender's progress as an open source application has been staggering.
It's at the point where I'd pick it over several commercial options, and genuinely prefer it. It's great software.
Something I appreciate about it is how inspiring it is to see what people can accomplish given time and determination. It's a wonderful product which I didn't think was possible as a kid. I didn't expect it to become what it is at all.
It was very approachable for me to fix a few UI bugs a couple of months back.
For me, contributing to a large project feels great, knowing that people will get to run my code (even though the changes are minor).
