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Well, they use Blender, so it makes sense. They’re probably giving Autodesk 7 or 8 figures a year to use Maya, but they throw a fraction of that at Blender and get praised because Blender doesn’t exploit copyright law to make payment mandatory.
Blender doesn’t have any less of a need for funding than Autodesk, although Blender devs do get paid less and work harder than Autodesk devs. They’re also a really motivated, talented and innovative group, so Blender is able to do more with less. That certainly doesn’t mean Autodesk deserves more funding than Blender. If anything, it’s the opposite—especially since Blender doesn’t have restrictive licensing that limits what can be done with it.