The apple dictionary says the word means "prepared to obey others unquestioningly."

I don't think an inanimate object is capable of "obeying." Or at least that is a very strange way to refer to the act of using a tool.

You can refer to it however you want, the outcome is the same.

When I actuate the chain on my chainsaw to move, it’s obeying me unquestionably, in the same way that when I press a key on my keyboard it obeys me unquestionably. What exactly is the difference?

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