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NPR reported they are already moving in with a competing product .

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/22/nx-s1-5931446/flock-fallout-c...

Axon's had ALPRs long before Flock existed, and the data management story is completely different. Flock was essentially a data warehouse with dark patterns around sharing settings that led to a lot of places defaulting open. Axon started out in bodycams and other direct-investigative tools, and their data management is very much focused on "the agency keeps its data" -- by default, data sharing requests have to be individually approved. You can't just type a plate number in and get hits nationwide.

The question is: will Axon enshittify their mature products in order to pursue that panopticon money?

>The question is: will Axon enshittify their mature products in order to pursue that panopticon money?

It would be an historic first if they didn't

Same problems long term with better marketing.

Fuck them both.