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How dare they design API to suit their need? That a company wants its own API to move freely and faster is often described as evil when it is merely sensible f
by pierrebai 6y ago
How dare they design API to suit their need?
That a company wants its own API to move freely and faster is often described as evil when it is merely sensible for them. It used to cause lock-in, but nowadays there are enough tech stack that isolate you from the underlying API to make it irrelevant.
Do note that until, oh let's arbitrarily say 10 years ago, DirectX was ahead feature-wise to OpenGL and OpenGL was moving at turtle pace.
- robert_foss 6y agoThey can do whatever they want, of course. But don't kid yourself about the reasons. If features are what they need, Khronos accepts any company as a member.
- coldtea 6y ago>They can do whatever they want, of course. But don't kid yourself about the reasons. Isn't the people kidding themselves that ones that consider it a "strange" or "troubling" reason that a company has a product and wants to sell that product?