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by inDigiNeous
3627 days ago
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My limited guess as a OpenGL developer on Os X is that it has something to do with Apple prodividing a software OpenGL -implementation also, so maybe they don't want to pour in the work in that to support the more recent advances in OpenGL ? Or maybe they're just focusing on the Metal -implementation, and iOS more specifically. Currently the OpenGL stack is years behind on OS X compared to Windows or Linux, Os X supports only version 4.1 (released in 2010) with some 4.2 extensions thrown in. I've yet to come across a good reason. If somebody knows, would be nice to know also. |
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It's not a good reason, but a reason nevertheless: it's fair to say Apple likes to lock in developers to its platform[1]. Encouraging the use of Metal and discouraging OpenGL increases the lock-in effect.
1. My Google skills are failing me, but a few years ago there was a blog-post by an app developer who used to get lots of support from Apple while their featured app was iOS-exclusive. The day the app was ported it to Android, Apple stopped responding to their queries.