@Mokubai All correct. That is what the topic boils down to. Is the former permitted? If yes, how is it qualitatively different than the latter? Quantitatively, sure.

Wasn't trying to skirt the rules, bad wording on my part, to have left that impression. I genuinely am confused. Perhaps I have a different understanding of the word "recommendation" that the rest of the site.

Is asking, for example, if X javascript framework has Y feature not a technical question? Does this make it a technical question: "What git clients are not based on the electron framework?" I'm having a hard time seeing the difference here.