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by bastawhiz 1166 days ago
I'd suspect "simple" is doing a lot of work here.
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Simple as in “not requiring protocol level conversion”.

There is a similar situation with DP++ to HDMI adapters; they need to only shift voltage levels (3.3V for DP vs. 5V for HDMI) since the DP++ port can output “HDMI on DP wires”, but actual DP to HDMI conversion involves actually translating things at the pixel level.