No, they don't always have that control. Maybe in this case they do, maybe they don't. But your typical author is in someone's pay. And they probably don't have the pick of where to publish besides the bulk of the places where you can work and write articles that reach a sizeable audience will have this kind of environment.

Anyway, seeing the same comment over and over again reduces its value. It was a cool observation the first time, boring the second, redundant after that.