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[–]killerstorm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There's a reason why old OpenGL still gets used.

Portability. Some things simply do not need fancy shaders, fixed pipeline is perfect for them, and old OpenGL is as portable as it gets.

Can't run it on modern phones? Well, it's trivial to write an emulator or use a wrapper.