
I mean it's not just Apple being jerks, the underlying technology is actually very powerful. Apple seems heavily invested in those 3rd party companies and is apparently providing them with resources and help in porting their software to Metal. Houdini was heavily featured in a series of Apple videos a while back and I believe their relationship is strong. SideFX seems equally committed to the OSX platform. In Redshift terms that might mean Spring 2020 at the earliest, but I have no doubt that those guys are putting some real resources into it.

Maxon is heavily committed to the OSX platform which means they're pressuring Redshift to get on the Metal conversion ASAP.

I believe so, but what do I know? Here's what I've been able to gather from various sources: 1.
