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by rat9988
1590 days ago
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> When was the last time Apple created something consumer facing from scratch instead of using industry standards or market leaders if they exist? I'm too lazy to recall every detail, but it happened, often. Last exemple I have in mind is maps. As far as tech is concerned, I believe metal is their own inhouse invention? |
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Uh huh.
Last exemple I have in mind is maps.
They're working with several providers, including Yelp, Open Maps and Garmin. I've submitted corrections and additions to Apple Maps; anyone can do it.
As far as tech is concerned, I believe metal is their own inhouse invention?
Metal is a set of APIs for developers; it's not customer facing. Most users aren't going to know which graphics API their software uses. Apple supported and uses OpenGL for a long time and it's still available for backwards compatibility I believe.