<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> Yes, and that's one of my primary problems with the typical advice of "don't obey in advance" (often from the same folks who tell you to pick your battles, but I digress).</p><p>Given that, my point is twofold: (1) there's a meaningful difference *for most people* between "my tech won't allow me to do this at all" and "I can do this, but there's a nonzero chance people with guns will show up," and (2) recognizing where we have preemptively obeyed is still a useful analysis, if incomplete.</p>
