No? Passive fully-featured USB-C cables had the same amount of wires and active components, which really is just the e-marker chip, since day one. The same 5 Gbps cable can now do 20 Gbps if the cable was made well enough.
Active cables are a different story of course, but that's the same for HDMI cables.
Active cables are a different story of course, but that's the same for HDMI cables.