[AHTERIX5000]

What about new features? There are many small features that can't be used via older APIs and bigger ones like accelerated ray tracing.

[bsder]

Sure, but then you've already thrown away the possibility of using "simpler" APIs that everybody is whining that DX12/Vulkan is more complicated than.

Programmers should absolutely not be using DX12/Vulkan unless they understand exactly why they should be using it.