Maybe some of it was FUD, but Blender was significantly at odds with many production pipelines and norms, so a lot of the criticism was warranted. Blender 2.8

Maybe some of it was FUD, but Blender was significantly at odds with many production pipelines and norms, so a lot of the criticism was warranted. Blender 2.8 onwards did a lot to rectify those criticisms, which in turn allowed people to view it and dismiss the FUD