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unless you're a closeted bald man, I'm not sure why aerial photography would be worse than the standard smartphone variety.

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Because they're loud as hell, and because many drones lack mechanical redundancy, and because many drone pilots are incompetent.

There is also the matter of using drones to circumvent privacy fences, to see through windows not visible from the street, etc.

I imagine there are other laws/restrictions that handle privacy issues. No one I know with a drone has any interest in what is happening inside someone's windows and anyone with that intent is going to ignore regulations anyway.

Because if the drone pilot loses control and you get hit by a falling drone, you are guaranteed a trip to the hospital [1] [2]?

[1] https://robotics.stackexchange.com/a/2577 [2] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-34936...

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