It's not the same model though, is it? I can buy XBox, PS an Nintendo games in a shit ton of physical or digital stores. So there are different channels. There is no equivalent on iOS. If you don't want to publish in the app store, no one will be able to install your app (developers with own certs and enterprise customers with mdm excluded).
I like the company and their commitment, but I would still not recommend them (I have two Tuxedo laptops myself and see others from my colleagues): all I saw were loud. Most cannot run completely without fan active, none were able to keep the fan quiet if you put even a little bit load on it. If you put REAL load on it you go deaf.
I would really like them to be perfect, but all I've seen disappointed me, unfortunately. And I am not sure I would take that gamble again when I replace my current one.
Don't get me wrong: I didn't want to downplay the work or doubt the progress. Quite the contrary. I think the current state is alpha and once the first sets of apps are finished it should be beta. Then polishing until release, a few weeks of release candidate phase and then release.
Basically I think it's too far along already to call it pre-alpha.
(Unless the intention is to "release" it as beta with 24.04 to emphasize the missing apps... then consider what I said pointless.)
I am still a bit confused that it's considered pre-alpha, when a final release is scheduled for later this year. That will be an awfully short alpha, beta and RC cycle then.
The problem is, that it doesn't even have to be "evil". Most people make assumptions. If you notice or suspect a question carrying an assumption, I think it's the right thing to clear things up. A yes or no is simply not enough if the whole premise of the question might be flawed.
That always makes me angry in court scenes in TV, although there it's likely intentional and therefore your mentioned "evil question". I hope that shit doesn't fly in real courtrooms.
In general anything less than killing or maiming someone should be the utmost priority.
But as I said: also a taser can kill and also tackling someone and pinning them to the ground can. So I would put less focus on the methods and more on the intention. Cops should neither have to act out of fear (that's what training is for) nor out of pleasure. And some cops just seem to get off on being in control. If cops generally would want the best not just for themselves and other civilians but also for the perpetrators, a lot of the problems would solve themself.
The comment I answered to was quite generic. If tasers get sold as safer guns, they will also be over-used.
That's why I explicitly told about escalations and the taser was still part of that escalation chain. And yes, in this particular case, a taser could have been a good approach. Although cops with shield and tonfas might have done the job as well. But to be fair: I don't expect cops to pull out a shield everytime they leave their car and I don't think they anticipated such a quick escalation here. If a tonfa alone (by two cops, however) would have done the trick ... hard to say. Against a knife: yes. Against that large-ass gardening tool ... maybe not.
So yes: in this case, a taser would have been good. In general: I would still prefer first going with far far less risky approaches.
Random martial arts in plain cloths against a knife... yeah, bad. But cops have equipment and numbers. They don't have to do this alone, they can have shields in their car, they can wear tonfas, etc.
If the primary goal was to deal with attackers non-lethally, I am sure that would be possible. At least to a certain degree.
... and proving it. In the end he could likely have been in plain cloths, no badge, in a bar after work and could still somehow claim to have announced himself and tried to prevent some bad perceived crime and it would be fine. Or if he got killed they would likely pull out is glorious career and what good cop he was to argue that he MUST have acted rightfully.
If I encounter a professional boxer in a bad mood, I would shit my pants. If another professional boxer encounters a professional boxer in a bad mood, they would shrug it off and deal with whatever happens.
Cops get trained. Being prepared for dangerous situations is essentially the core of their fucking job. Apparently, that preparation seems to be often simply "if shit gets ugly, shoot the shit out of whatever frightens you". Cops should be better at dealing with this than random citizens with a gun.
It's not the same model though, is it? I can buy XBox, PS an Nintendo games in a shit ton of physical or digital stores. So there are different channels. There is no equivalent on iOS. If you don't want to publish in the app store, no one will be able to install your app (developers with own certs and enterprise customers with mdm excluded).