HDCP Content Protection Support Called For Integration In DRM-Next / Linux 4.17

[Danny3]

HDCP does not hamper normal PC features in any way. It's an additional feature to allow you to see some types of content that also require you to pay something and usually to agree to some kind of contract.

What people should be fighting is Intel ME and AMD's PSP, not some completely optional and irrelevant DRM support feature.

It's DRM and DRM restricts you in some way, that's hampering to me.
And there's some performance loss and wasted electrical energy because of encryption.
Besides, why would I need to encrypt the connection between my PC and my TV?
They are both in my house with 1-2 meters between them.
HDCP seems to me like forcing someone who lives in a really remote area to use a password-protected WIFI.
Just because greedy companies assume that we are all criminals and they like to say GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT.
I think that a lot of anti-freedom "features" started as optional and are now required.