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That requires the computer to hotswap to be plugged into a power strip. It doesn't work if the computer is plugged into the wall directly. (Well leaving aside modifying the house's electricity / opening up the wall obviously.)

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Incorrect. See this video[0] from the product stage. They have two ways to hotswap if it's not plugged into a powerbar: 1) plugging in their device into the adjacent power outlet then removing the socket assembly and 2) an adapter that can splice leads into the power cable

https://youtu.be/-G8sEYCOv-o

Pretty ingenious, tbh. Though I'm a bit concerned about how much you end up handling energized plugs.

Well that’s what I meant by “opening up the wall”.

you can do it pretty easily if you have a dual socket wall socket because it follows the exact same principles. But you have to be very careful.

In these cases it's probably worth doing it though.

https://media.screwfix.com/is/image//ae235?src=ae235/38040_P...

FWIW I do not endorse doing this, just stating that its possible and would work, it's not electrically safe and is dangerous for not only the hardware but for you too.

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