Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, Part III
by Apocryphon on Sunday April 18, 2021 @11:09PM
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Apple has every right to do that as they control their stack. And people who favor FOSS projects have every right to criticize Apple for exercising their control in a way that adversely impacts FOSS.
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Sure, but comments like this attribute hostility instead of simple practicality.
> ...pointless NIH and lack of collaboration here. > Apple are doing it out of rather sickening lock-in culture in the company and Metal is far from the only example like that.
Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, Part III
by Apocryphon on Sunday April 18, 2021 @11:34PM
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On the flip side, comments like
> no benefit to them in doing it the way that you want them to.
portray Apple almost as a helpless besieged small business that should be shielded from critique of its decisions. Whereas they are an industry titan, and people should criticize them as they see fit, even if others don't find merit in the criticisms.
> Whether you like it or not is immaterial
is a completely true, and utterly banal statement, as it can be applied to any opinion made in conversation. No one here has any power over Apple, but we do have the power to free discussion, do we not?
I find such lock-in to be hostile and not something to be excused with practicality. It's like saying ActiveX is practical, don't blame you know who for not supporting HTML, or something the like.