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rched | 2 years ago

I think that’s true today but it could change. I imagine Apple wants to encourage developers to build native games but I could see them loosening restrictions down the road. Maybe they eventually position this tech as the Bootcamp alternative for Apple Silicon. Time will tell.

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Someone|2 years ago

If they do that, that’s basically giving up on Metal. It would become an implementation detail.

Also, whenever the Direct3D API changes, they would have to follow. That makes them dependent on Microsoft and means they’d always lag them.

Because of that, I don’t see them open this up.