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this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2023
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Yeah as if Nvidia never benefited a lot from open-source. So Vulkan isn't open-source, who knows? Maybe go back to the days of fragmentation, kill portability.
You're acting as if Nvidia, Microsoft, and Valve are related. Good luck to Microsoft making a new proprietary API besides DirectX, an already proprietary API. It would only show they haven't learned anything from UWP. And Valve has always contributed to open-source because they don't want to depend on Windows. You don't recognize Steam Deck and SteamOS 3? You haven't been here long enough to recognize LunarG.
If Nvidia decides to be hostile or selfish, nobody cares? Can't we be wary of being exploited by companies?
Just say when you're shilling, don't spread misinformation with your own made up scenarios.