You are right. It is a two-edged affair.
On the other hand, we all know that we need cooperation to make something bigger and more integrated, and that one has to make compromises to get the results that are only possible within a bigger team.

Me, myself, I hoped they could implement the algorithms in blender.

Now, we already got this magnificent tool, for free, and sort of complete.
At least, I'm very satisfied about how it works.