We have successfully shipped the Metal rendering backend to millions of users, and I want to write a bit about that. There are varying opinions on Metal in the industry - some claim Metal would not have been needed if only Apple dedicated more attention to OpenGL and Vulkan, some say it’s the easiest graphics API that ever existed. Why even bother with Metal, some ask, if you can just write OpenGL or Vulkan code, and use MoltenGL or MoltenVK to the same effect? Here are my thoughts on the API.
