You aren't wrong..'nd I wrote one of the first Ethernet drivers (for any platform) almost half a century ago and spent a long time at the company that invented twisted pair Ethernet; but sharing MY insight gets me downvoted unless it aligns with pop views and is phrased so as not to amuse or confuse...

If they're going to "Ask HN", they should ask something like "what are most others doing in regards to X" because that's the only information that can be accurately gleaned in this kind of environment; otherwise, consider asking Reddit/Gemini. https://youtu.be/V-SJQdREDKM