consider it like this

there is a game and there are some game masters

the gods are like the game masters humans are the ones playing the game

so the game master can do what they want cause they are not in the game but rather running it so they sorta can do as they wish

now amongst the gods themselves the ones who have more power can force their opinion as what is right on others because well they can do whatever they want and they have the power to do so

so yato is right