Yep, it’s all in the application and also what the courts do and don’t allow as evidence.
I saw demos of this guy’s and a few competitors technology at a security trade show. The resolution is pretty bad… far… far behind that of stationary cameras or Google Earth. People are basically one or 2 pixels and appear as grainy dots. Vehicles aren’t much better. It’s no wonder only one city has expressed an interest. Even if the tech improves greatly, I just don’t see it ever being used to bust someone selling an ounce of weed or illegal cigarettes. For one, the cost of having staff to analyze footage for such petty shit would be astronomical… and if a prosecutor tried to use it to get a conviction the courts would throw it out. I could see it one day maybe being used one day to find a kidnapped or lost child as comeatmebro mentioned, or may to solve a homicide or find a serial killer.