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Off the top of my head, I can think that the saw getting false positives or being incapable of cutting anything conductive, which may be my precise goal as a tool user, as dealbreakers on this feature.

Nothing to do with greed.

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Luckily, the creators of this technology also thought of these cases and provide ways to pre-test the safety check (e.g. damp wood) or to override it on specific cuts.

Good. So why not override it by disabling it completely?

Yeah this would be the first action taken by most contractors I've met.

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