what about enforcement's softer sibling, herding? I think most institutions are doing this knowing full well how it works and with a clear intention of where t

what about enforcement's softer sibling, herding? I think most institutions are doing this knowing full well how it works and with a clear intention of where they want us to end up I recall reading about how google would arrange the food in the cafeteria to softly nudge people towards healthy food, hence I assume that when they make software that everybody uses it they carefully and intentionally consider which things to make convenient and which to make pain in the ass. That way they can always plausibly claim to not have forbidden anything you're just being lazy by not dealing with all the 'incidental' inconvenience. In then end, if you wanna do something which they don't want you to do then you must really really want to do it for it'll be a pain in the butt to do it. On the other hand, if it's something they want you to do then click and done. I wish I could make more people see why this makes it important that software (and technology in general) to be free and open source, because the alternative of closed and proprietary software systems (which by being inscrutable) works as tools for nudging, restraining, limiting, and in more extreme scenarios, enslaving people who must use this systems without making them.