It's good to see companies freeing important software like this. That shows other companies and everyone else that you can do that without too much risk and that it might even give you benefits. I think many companies are afraid of doing it and I think this is how we can show them that there is no problem with doing it (and if there is a problem, we will learn that; we learn something either way).
Since free software is so important to many people and one of the biggest questions about how the digital society should work, it's crucial that we explore the possibilities of releasing free software. I'm tired of the current situation where on one side we have a ton of software and on the other side people who can't use that software because of how unethical or impractical it is. We need to find something that works for everyone and this is a step in that direction.
Individual creators are now building scenes in Blender and Unreal Engine. The floodgates are about to open for individual creators doing animation. An easy to use render farm is a good startup idea.
It's really just some shoestring and bubblegum ontop of amazon / google gpu instances. As commodity AND niche as a renderfarm is, it seems like if it was to run, it would have to be via a foundation like ummm the blender foundation.
Since free software is so important to many people and one of the biggest questions about how the digital society should work, it's crucial that we explore the possibilities of releasing free software. I'm tired of the current situation where on one side we have a ton of software and on the other side people who can't use that software because of how unethical or impractical it is. We need to find something that works for everyone and this is a step in that direction.