err would disagree sorry. It is what it exactly states it as, “a hop”, a direction connection between 2 clients is not over a hop and doesnt contradict or go around it. If needing to be very strict for clarity I could see “after” instead of “from”/… but maybe the meaning is misunderstood.
That point indicates the value of when a system charge can be reasonable and specifies areas where the network doesn’t have an effort in relaying anything shouldn’t facilitate the need for a charge.
Dont see any problems with either of those fundamentals points and the options exist for a client to permutate their comm processes to achieve what they require. Just my pov ofc.