To be fair, in the past when going from DVI, Display Port, VGA, HDMI, etc. to other standards, you could just buy a simple cable. Video card manufacturers would

To be fair, in the past when going from DVI, Display Port, VGA, HDMI, etc. to other standards, you could just buy a simple cable. Video card manufacturers would even provide convertors in the box. So it makes sense that people may have expectations for simplicity based on their prior experiences.