No HDMI Volume Control

This is simply one of the most requested feature updates of all time. Despite it's simplicity, despite it being common in all other operating systems. Apple simply refuses to put this feature in. I am using Johns words, because I couldn't be as polite. The response from Apple was as condescending as it was unhelpful. I repeat the request here because Apple just doesn't seem to get that Apple should support the customer - not ignore them till they go away.

From member Jack_T in 2020, but it could be from any year in the last twenty....

"My new Mac mini can output sound via HDMI to my monitor, but it does not allow me to control the volume. I have to use my monitor's buttons and navigate through a clunky menu to change the monitor's volume.

This is not an issue in any Linux distro or in Windows. There, I am able to leave the monitor at max volume and adjust the volume from within the OS.

It appears that the only solution to this problem is to buy 3rd party software from Rogue Amoeba named "SoundSource". This is ridiculous.

Someone please tell me that the engineers at Apple are not this stubborn. Is there some hidden menu setting that allows me to control the volume of my HDMI device in the same manner that I'm able to adjust the volume of the Mac mini's built-in speaker or of my headphones that are connected to the Mac mini's 3.5mm jack?"

Lack of HDMI volume control is one of the biggest reasons I end up going back to Windows on my desktop. Will Apple please stop this nonsense? If it's Apple's way or the highway, then I'll take the highway. I will never buy the M based Mac until this is fixed.