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HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can’t make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver (arstechnica.com)
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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Why is there a widely used protocol with no public specification available?

[–] MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Money.

Hollywood execs love their DRM.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ah, right, the illegal HDMI-splitters. 🤪🐦

[–] cobra89@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Not just widely used, but a monopoly. TVs don't come with any other ports and now they're restricting who can use this technology that has no other choice.

There needs to be an antitrust lawsuit against the HDMI forum IMO.

[–] elxeno@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Is it because of the HDMI Forum that we don't have HDMI-CEC on desktop GPUs?

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Fuck anybody that goes against open standards.