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As I recall, Jobs hated the Blu-ray software stack, which included mandatory use of a JVM:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BD-J

“Big bag of hurt” was the expression, IIRC.

Bluray is pretty much plug and play even writing data with on board tools. There is no native video playback but VLC does it without problems. I wouldn’t call it not supported…

I seem to recall the original issue with supporting Blu-ray is that Sony required a root-kit to verify playback authorization and was monitoring everything for pirated content. There were some expensive playback software licensing issues too. It is one reason even consoles were hesitant to adopt it.