I don’t know where you are getting that from. I don’t much care what they might have stated anyway. If they are supporting Blender there is definitely the angle to replace licenced software in the long run as I said… For sure. Absolutely. Stated now or not.
It is a big company and I know someone who works there. They use a lot of off the shelf software. All companies do these days even if they develop in-house.
But regardless it is an awfully silly point to argue in face of such great news for Blender, not to mention completely aside from the actual point I was making,