Correct. When I enumerate the other alternatives, there's no single backend that is free from a fatal flaw. SDL - can it drive 4K displays? OpenGL - a shatter

Correct. When I enumerate the other alternatives, there's no single backend that is free from a fatal flaw. SDL - can it drive 4K displays? OpenGL - a shattered ecosystem, with some implementations being out of date (Windows) or significantly different (ARM + OpenGL ES) DX11 - windows only The only real alternative would seem to be duplicating logic by implementing it for multiple backends. ------ IIUC, the author is using a library that will eventually have OpenGL supported as a backend, so I don't think your predicament is forever, assuming that you actually want to use it and aren't just complaining to complain.