I agree about the competition.
But, regarding "putting people up there", SpaceX is doing that, too. But SpaceX is putting people into orbit and boarding the ISS, even going beyond LEO, even making space suits suitable for space walks. Meanwhile, Blue Origin has spent a lot of effort on suborbital launches of humans who are pretty much tourists. I am not thinking that is getting Blue Origin much practical experience in the orbital mission parameters. However, they do get to land their booster.
After watching Boeing's technical and financial trajectory, I don't want to see all of our capabilities depend on any one company. So, I'm rooting for Blue Origin and Sierra Space. And not just for launch vehicles, but for crewed vehicles and space stations, and lunar habitats, too.