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vel0city
4y ago
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Its probably because they're not actually doing USB-C alternate DP mode but probably using a DisplayLink chipset. Its a system of doing graphics over USB and IIRC supports HDMI by default.
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floatboth
4y ago
No, the vast majority of dongles just have a DP-to-HDMI chip
solarkraft
4y ago
DisplayLink requires extra drivers, these dongles don’t.
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