Blender, the free and open source 3D creation software has pulled in another major supporter, with Netflix now funding future development.
Announced on the official Blender website, the Blender team noted it will go towards general core development, to continuously improved content creation and tooling for individuals and teams working in media and entertainment-related workflows. Everyone benefits from this since Blender is completely free - awesome news.
Netflix have joined as Corporate Patron, the highest level membership for companies. This means at a minimum Netflix will provide Blender with €240k a year.
If blender has a good management, they will take the most from it, without becoming reliant, like mozilla became reliant on google.
I think it’s a great thing that blender is receiving this funding. Let’s just not fall into the trap of improving the public image of netflix