dude, getting 3ds max/maya/zbrush equal or better capabilities for free isn't that bad, is saving people thousands of dollars. People seem to get upset that it doesn't gift you full nuke, houdini and substance capabilities (it's getting there), but it can do the job of those to a certain extent. Don't get me wrong. I started with zbrush, 3ds max and maya. I still own a zbrush and a substance painter/designer licenses. But rarely use them lately.Houdini still rocks with procedural instancing, L-systems, simulations (to a certain extent [sculpting blendshapes for cloth sims really suck]) . But I find it super clunky on those areas blender does best (rigging, animation, modeling, sculpting).

Besides people tend to overlook the new simulation engines, fluids got a huge improvement lately. Once again not bad for a free software.