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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by saagarjha on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @08:12AM (#30614032)
Because when they wrote the API no real standard existed to suit their needs.
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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by pathartl on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @02:18PM (#30618802)
Yes, and instead of writing an open standard or adapting Vulkan when it came around, they instead decided to double down on proprietary and moved to Metal 2.
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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by saagarjha on Thursday March 10, 2022 @03:54AM (#30624738)
I mean, Metal is a good API and they designed it first. They could've decided to abandon it when Vulkan came out, but I guess they just didn't want to make their API worse. Not ideal, yes, but I don't really blame them for the decision.
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