I mostly agree with you, but nowadays codec blocks are mostly h.265 and ac3 :( They are smart as they will just do a little bit more things in a new codec and renew their patents. The thing is displayport, yep, something is off here, hardware ppl don't need a expensive hdmi connector, just another USB-C... I wonder if the HDMI people are not doing things in the shadow to end up favored...
That said, I have to point the fact, those patents are only valid in some countries, namely subject to royalties (USA, UK, Japan... but not EU for instance).
I don't know why raspberry is not selling some of their SOCs with the ARM blocks hard disabled at sell time, namely they did not pay for the ARM royalties.
In the end, it is near impossible to buy all those RISC-V boards in my country with a noscript/basic (x)html browser, and if possible with wallet codes (or bank swift) instead of a credit card.
That said, I have to point the fact, those patents are only valid in some countries, namely subject to royalties (USA, UK, Japan... but not EU for instance).
I don't know why raspberry is not selling some of their SOCs with the ARM blocks hard disabled at sell time, namely they did not pay for the ARM royalties.
In the end, it is near impossible to buy all those RISC-V boards in my country with a noscript/basic (x)html browser, and if possible with wallet codes (or bank swift) instead of a credit card.