I didn’t even downvote it and to be honest I only ever comment on these “callout” comics complaining about negative feedback. I think this is the second time I’ve ever shared an opinion on this comic online.
It takes about 5 seconds to read it and continue scrolling. It’s not a zero sum game, her making those comics doesn’t prevent other artists from making similar ones. You can enjoy them and also enjoy this, even if you enjoy the others more. Or ignore it. Or downvote it. It don’t understand the controversy either way.
That is what I’m doing. Leaving a pretty tame comment on a post where the comic author is specifically addressing her audience (or critics) doesn’t seem inappropriate to me. I even said that I agree with the sentiment. What part of this basic human interaction is so offensive that you felt the need to tell me not to comment in the first place?
HEC was dead on arrival and had zero support from device manufacturers. The only reason that HDMI with ethernet cables were ever relevant was ARC support. With HDMI 2.1 the extra pair on old cables is used by eARC, no clue if it’s even possible to still use HEC in theory. I’ve never seen any device with HEC support.