[randerson]

I wonder if they nerfed HDMI connectivity to get people to buy the expensive Apple Studio displays. I just bought myself a Studio XDR, and my MBP now wakes up in under 2 seconds, compared to about 30 seconds with my old Dell monitor.

[mathgeek]

More likely that they spend a lot of time getting Apple devices to work just right, and not nearly as much on the rest. Same result, but less malicious.