DS9 got away with it by having the rest of the Trekverse to play with and then their Galactic War storyline, stuff VOY couldn't do thanks to the premise.
But you still get criticized no matter what, there's nothing that pleases the audience even remotely.
It's like Living Witness, people can say what they want NOW but when it aired the number one thing pointed out was the whole "the EMH can't ever be backed up!". Nothing else mattered to the audience but that one petty little thing, not the acting or the story or message. All the episode got for its troubles was "The EMH can't ever be backed up!"
Meanwhile DS9 gives us the Female Quark episode and no one blinks an eye and finds it entertaining.