> Apple's approach to hardware design warrants criticism. By creating GPUs with limitations that hinder standard functionalities like tessellation shaders and u

> Apple's approach to hardware design warrants criticism. By creating GPUs with limitations that hinder standard functionalities like tessellation shaders and using non-standard page sizes, Apple places unnecessary obstacles in the path of developers. This closed ecosystem not only complicates the work for open-source contributors but also stifles innovation that could benefit all users. Apple designs its hardware to suit its own ends, and its own ends only. It's obvious to everyone here that this supports their closed business model, which actually works for them very well - they make excellent hardware and (some software flakiness more recently notwithstanding) the median user will generally have an excellent time with their hardware + software as a result. So they're not placing "unnecessary obstacles in the path of developers" at all by designing their hardware as they do - they're just focused on designing hardware to suit their own needs. (Also note that if their hardware wasn't excellent, there wouldn't be such interest in using it in other, non-Apple-intended ways.)