alt Hacker News> I'm not convinced "the law says you can't do that" is super meaningful in 2026.
Exactly. Everyone reading extremely fine distinctions into the relevant laws should at least do the work of also showing that those laws are currently applied in the manner they imply. To do otherwise is to speculate on how the law would be applied in a country operating under the rule of law, and that’s of little immediate application.
> To do otherwise is to speculate on how the law would be applied in a country operating under the rule of law, and that’s of little immediate application.
It's not speculation. It's lived experience. And while I understand most probably don't have it, it doesn't invalidate it.