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> People in the industry call that support and productivity

People call that MS tax, since it makes their development more costly. Whether it's developers who work on their own engines, or engine developers who provide their engines for others, this cost is passed to the end user in the form of more bugs, slower development and so on. No sane developer appreciates lock-in. But currently they have no choice.

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What people? Indies and FOSS activists that probably still write M$ to this day and believe that Sony and Nintendo or even Sega in its former days are any different.

I really bet none of those ever walked the floors of GDC.

[shmerl]

> What people?

Anyone who thinks and cares about progress and doesn't drink Koolaid served by MS and Co. Surely not lock-in freaks, who frame their tax on the industry as something positive.

> I really bet none of those ever walked the floors of GDC.

You sound like GDC is owned by MS, or it's ought to be. Are you paid by them? Either way, it's a very poor way to measure opinions or their value. Find something better.

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No, I am someone that in a past life was allowed to spend some time in the backstage how big boys do games and still keep some of those ties, even though I just do IT enterprise consulting nowadays.

No one in GDC hallways speak of lock-in as activists believe they do.

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> No one in GDC hallways speak of lock-in as activists believe they do.

There were many talks on GDC about Vulkan which discussed lock-in issues that it can solve.

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Done by AMD, Imagination, Valve and Google, sponsored by Khronos, out of kindness and without any hidden agenda to push Vulkan....

[shmerl]

You claimed no one talks about it on GDC. So which one is it? No one, or some do? Just admit your statement was false.

And surely you don't expect MS and its cahoots to talk about lock-in. They are pushing it to mess up everyone else, so they aren't going to bring this crooked practice into the spotlight.