User blog comment:Kirbyna321/Things I Don't Like About Vocaloid/@comment-35301431-20140624205322

I don't think Miku is to blame (as she has no will of her own), more so the infatuation with anime culture and Japan in general, this can contribute to people ignoring (hmm) similar media native to ones culture or even blatant duplications.

I can scream from the rooftops that "There is more to VOCALOID than Miku~!", though I certainly would not deny her impact and importance to the software's history. We might not even have a V3 if not for YAMAHA seeing the rise in popularity and mainstream potential (something they wanted since V1 era).