I've been following this discussion, and a lot of people are making great points that I agree with.
This is pretty true. And as a producer myself, I'm tempted to get and use more popular vocaloids for the sake of having my music more readily known. I really enjoy the versatility and power available to me through UTAU, but sometimes I feel like "Maybe more people would listen to this song if I owned Hatsune Miku." There's a guaranteed audience when you tag something as "Vocaloid." (Of course, this line of thought is partially untrue, because there's so many Miku songs, there's no guarantee that anyone will find a new, obscure one.)
I think another thing that plays in is that a lot of well known producers mainly use vocaloids so that also makes the fandom think that it's way better than using utau
This is pretty true. And as a producer myself, I'm tempted to get and use more popular vocaloids for the sake of having my music more readily known. I really enjoy the versatility and power available to me through UTAU, but sometimes I feel like "Maybe more people would listen to this song if I owned Hatsune Miku." There's a guaranteed audience when you tag something as "Vocaloid." (Of course, this line of thought is partially untrue, because there's so many Miku songs, there's no guarantee that anyone will find a new, obscure one.)