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[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 59 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well one very good reason would be that their specification is closed source and as such not even HDMI Forum partner AMD can implement them in their open source driver.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-Closed-Spec-Hurts-Open

DisplayPort spec is fully open btw.

[–] who@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago

Folks here might also find this article interesting:

DisplayPort: A Better Video Interface

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Thanks for a great answer.