Isn't Blender 2.7 to 2.8 widely considered a successful redesign? Blender is experiencing continuing and dramatic industry support. I've heard Blender is comparable to the proprietary alternatives.
I've not used Blender much though.
Oh sorry, bad phrasing, I meant right now LO is stuck at blender 2.7 and needs a 2.8-like push.
It's not just slow, but just the subtle things in how it behaves. For instance, try navigating a spreadsheet in LO with only the keyboard. It's super annoying. Then try the same thing in, say, Google Sheets, and it does exactly what you think it should do. And that is a huge difference in terms of UX and productivity.
I wish LO to improve everything, they came from far and did a lot. But it's not enough.. kinda like blender 2.7 to 2.8.