fwiw, i don't think there should be any vendors.. and more to the point, i don't think there should be a monetary system at all.. like, the idea that apple should open up macOS times a thousand.. that is my personal ideal regarding all of this.
again, for what it's worth.
but that's not going to happen anytime soon..
so now what?
apple should let nVidia invade their OS? apple wants more control over their ecosystem.. not less.
being dependent on other vendors, especially those for whom Apple is a small client, is a direction apple is showing time and time again to move away from.
and in many regards, i do believe this attitude will/does equate to a better user experience if you choose to use apple products.
but so what.. it doesn't matter because it's not going to happen (anytime soon).
however, the fact that Apple won't open up macOS does nothing to negate what i said:
and maybe apple will release macOS or parts of it to the wild.. but when/if that happens, people aren't going to keep buying macs because there won't be any for sale.
so why people even battle about it is.. weird?
no.. they're making their own solution.. Metal
also, not sure if you've been paying attention but they make their own GPUs now too.
they'll support openCL, sure.. but that's not the basket storing all the eggs.
again, apple wants control over their software and how it works with their hardware.. metal gives them this.. custom GPUs give them this..
and they're definitely not taking the easy nor cheap way out..
but they're not fighting proprietary systems by supporting only open standards.. they're fighting proprietary systems with proprietary systems.
again, for what it's worth.
but that's not going to happen anytime soon..
so now what?
apple should let nVidia invade their OS? apple wants more control over their ecosystem.. not less.
being dependent on other vendors, especially those for whom Apple is a small client, is a direction apple is showing time and time again to move away from.
and in many regards, i do believe this attitude will/does equate to a better user experience if you choose to use apple products.
sure.. not even license it out.. just upload the source and give everyone a link.. i'm all for it.. seriously, i am.
but so what.. it doesn't matter because it's not going to happen (anytime soon).
however, the fact that Apple won't open up macOS does nothing to negate what i said:
how about this-- nvidia open sources CUDA instead.?
that's the consumer friendly way to go about this.
that is the consumer friendly way to go about it.that's the consumer friendly way to go about this.
macs aren't going to be around forever.. probably only a very short time left if looking at the big picture.. like, i highly doubt there will be a 2040 iMac..
and maybe apple will release macOS or parts of it to the wild.. but when/if that happens, people aren't going to keep buying macs because there won't be any for sale.
i don't know.. to me, it's pretty freaking obvious they're not going to do that in the near future.. like 100% obvious..
so why people even battle about it is.. weird?
no.. they're making their own solution.. Metal
also, not sure if you've been paying attention but they make their own GPUs now too.
they'll support openCL, sure.. but that's not the basket storing all the eggs.
again, apple wants control over their software and how it works with their hardware.. metal gives them this.. custom GPUs give them this..
and they're definitely not taking the easy nor cheap way out..
but they're not fighting proprietary systems by supporting only open standards.. they're fighting proprietary systems with proprietary systems.
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