I asked this question on Quora. Do you agree with its answer?

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-Autodesks-products-use-1+GB-while-Blender-requires-only-75mb
Do you agree or not agree?
STATE With eg and in breif.

The answer given does not really answer the question about file size but answer some other question about software capability

Your original question about installation size has been asked already numerous times (use search before asking)

https://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?317196-Question-about-Blender-s-overall-filesizehttps://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?155422-How-does-Blender-avoid-the-Bloat

aw hell yeah dude
modo is 700 mb
3ds max 2011 is 2GB

checkmate luxology fanboys.

And regarding capabilities… well… check this reel from the second season of “The Main in the High Castle” VFX… Blender+Cycles for the 3D…

http://www.barnstormvfx.com/

Other software ships with HUGE libraries of video tutorials, textures, and demo assets. Code itself doesn’t really take up meaningful space.