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.
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MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 8 months ago
Why is there a widely used protocol with no public specificarion available?
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.
MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Money.
Hollywood execs love their DRM.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 8 months ago
Ah, right, the illegal HDMI-splitters.