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[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

No, what allows this to exist is consumer complacency. If people refused to buy HDMI devices, they couldn't sell them, and they'd stop making them. And then just everyone would use DisplayPort, which is the objectively superior standard anyway.

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That's really cool but what about supporting hardware that people already own is bad?

[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 3 hours ago

Who said it was bad?