I agree, personally I would rather not risk it. Unless IRCC explicitly says it's okay, I will stop working when my date reaches if I have no decision yet.
I think making decisions based on immigration norms & reality instead of ignoring it because it was overlooked for someone else on this forum, is a safer bet. As in, someone from Europe doesn't get the same consideration as someone from Africa, it's just the way it is. So we ought to make decisions knowing that there is no guarantee that you will be treated the same as someone else with a similar profile.
Knowing that others mistakes were overlooked is good, to keep you hopeful and figure out a way forward, but don't deliberately ignore what is written by IRCC.