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by lxgr 1166 days ago
No, HDMI alt mode was (is?) actually sending HDMI over the USB-C wire.

Thunderbolt also doesn’t really natively send DP over USB; it encapsulates it (plus PCI express) in a custom wire format.

Only DP alt mode actually uses DisplayPort at the wire level over USB-C cables or ports.