It doesn’t take long to rack the slide. Think of it as a super-safety. If it makes someone feel comfortable carrying, it is fine by me.
The growing number of striker fired pistols without safeties and mild trigger pulls bothers me. I’m a revolver guy myself, but the trigger pull of a S&W DA revolver is quite different than a striker fired gun.
IIRC, the Shanghai Metro Police in the early 1900s carried with the chamber empty. They practiced racking the slide when pointing. It obviously isn’t the fastest way to do things, but it isn’t totally bad either.
My wife doesn’t feel comfortable having to rack during a confrontation.
It’s totally bad if you misrack ....
The problem with having to rack the slide, is that it assumes you have both hands available. If the bad guy got too close, and you need one hand to hold him off as he's trying to grab your gun, then you have a problem.