Hello!
The argument is primary a semantic one, and I doubt I'll convince you otherwise, but its implications are important enough I think I'll disagree with you.
PoE is an acronym, certainly, but it alway, ALWAYS, refers to 802.3af. That's how standards work.'Passive 12-24v PoE' is not a standard, it's a proprietary interface developed by OpenMesh and Ubiquiti that allows for power over ethernet, but, and this is important, it's not PoE, despite meeting the definition. When something says it supports PoE, it means it supports af, end of story. For the record, I've worked as an engineer in wifi testing and have contacts in the networking industry - I'm hip to the lingo.
https://www.open-mesh.com/poe/
Sparks