As a long-time consumer and contributor to open-source, I would caution one to temper their expectations when it comes to velocity. Glaring problems (like CVEs) get immediate attention, but features are another story - remember that open-source projects are a democracy and the loudest guy in the room often gets their way...
With Blender they can create their own fork and Blender will merge their work if they like the code.
One business model they wait for Autodesk and the other they make their own modifications to Blender.
I would conclude they are on the right path. With all the money they save on licensing fees they can hire developers. No more dongles.
Instead of paying X dollars per year in licensing costs, you can spend that money on getting features you really need.
Check out https://www.blender.org/press/industry-support-for-blender/
Several companies have paid devs working on specific areas of the program that they want improvements in.