HDMI Forum Rejects Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Driver Support Sought By AMD - Phoronix

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HDMI Forum Rejects Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Driver Support Sought By AMD - Phoronix - programming.dev

> For three years there has been a bug report around 4K@120Hz being unavailable via HDMI 2.1 on the AMD Linux driver. The wait continues…

This really bothers me. Closed standards locked behind a licensing fee may as well not be standards at all, in my opinion.
I don’t understand why any hardware uses HDMI anymore anyway, what does it have that displayport doesn’t?
Can hook up to TVs…