> I've read that generally OpenGL is just easier to use than Vulkan. OpenGL mostly only makes sense if you followed its progress from the late 90's and underst

> I've read that generally OpenGL is just easier to use than Vulkan. OpenGL mostly only makes sense if you followed its progress from the late 90's and understand the reasons behind all the accumulated design warts, sediment layers and just plain weird design decisions. For newcomers, OpenGL is just one weirdness after another. Unfortunately Vulkan seems to be on the same track, which makes me think that the underlying problem is organisational, not technical, e.g. both APIs are lead by Khronos, resulting in the same 'API design and maintenance philosophy' - and frankly, the approach to API design was OpenGL's main problem, not that it didn't map to modern GPU architectures (which could have been fixed with a different API design approach without throwing the baby out with the bath water). But on Mac, what matters more is how OpenGL compares to Metal, and the answer is much simpler: Metal both has a cleaner design, and is easier to use than OpenGL.