SetPixel and GetPixel

Just look at this:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39430404/drawing-pixels-in-opengl
a person asks how he can access individual pixels of the framebuffer, to which an expert programmer gives following answer:

it sounds like you're trying to use OpenGL in place of a really old graphics library that is required for a class. Since computer graphics have changed so much that what you're trying to do in modern OpenGL is unreasonable

Since when SetPixel became unreasonable? And people still believe that progress would make things easier, not harder! Naive idiots!

I'm starting to think Unabomber was right on all accounts. We need to bomb Khronos Group offices right away!

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Since when SetPixel became unreasonable? And people still believe that progress would make things easier, not harder! Naive idiots!

Newer video APIs aren't meant to be 'easy' or 'easier' at all but to be 'close to the metal'. Check this out:
https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan/blob/master/examples/triangle/triangle.cpp

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39430404/drawing-pixels-in-opengl

It's funny that the -2 answer is the most reasonable.