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Re:Can Facebook Be Cut Down to Size? by johncolanduoni on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @01:55AM (#17244654)
What does that have to do with its lack of support for a particular API being anti-competitive? On the contrary, it’s giving Android (or other future mobile platforms) a vector to distinguish itself.
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Re:Can Facebook Be Cut Down to Size? by ghostcluster on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @01:59AM (#17244667)
It's a tactic to artificially reinforce the position of a propreitary API in the market (by killing support for its competitors)
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Re:Can Facebook Be Cut Down to Size? by johncolanduoni on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @02:01AM (#17244674)
They’re not selling an API, and if (built in) support on virtually all desktops and about half of mobile devices in the US (higher elsewhere in the world) aren’t enough to keep Vulkan alive and well I’d be pretty shocked.

Vulkan wasn’t around when Metal started. Is it really their responsibility to kill their pre-existing API because an open one finally showed up?

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Re:Can Facebook Be Cut Down to Size? by Dylan16807 on Thursday June 07, 2018 @05:09AM (#17254385)
> Is it really their responsibility to kill their pre-existing API because an open one finally showed up?

Well... Yes. If they want to do best by their users.

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