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Rule of Big Tech (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (2 children)

why do companies want to pay royalties for hdmi when display port is better

[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

99% of the people I know have no clue what Display Port is, while even my tech-illiterate grandparents know about HDMI.

The people you're ultimately selling to are more important than almost anything else in the equation.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There was a point where hdmi was new too. DisplayPort is superior, it should be the new standard

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

When HDMI was new, none of is predecessors were even 10% as universally known as HDMI is today.

DVI, VGA, Component, Composite, a few different Coax options... it was all over the place.

It's like trying to overtake Facebook today and arguing that there were social media sites before Facebook. Sure, but they weren't nearly the same Goliath.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I agree it should be, but it won't be for a while still. HDMI is still far more well known that it won't happen quickly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I like the physical plug for display port more too. Is it just because there isn't some LLC pushing adoption of display port like there is for HDMI?