I handled a used Compact 1.0 with a safety recently. The safety moved far too easily for me. I know it’s supposed to be like a 1911 Safety but it isn’t. I don’t know if the 2.0 is any better but I hope so.

I like guns with safeties too. I only own one without a safety, a Kahr K9. At least it has a longer revolver like trigger pull. I used to own a Ruger SR9 and an SR9C. Safety was perfect. Much smaller than the huge one on the M&P. Didn’t stick out so far. Had a nice little shelf to get a good hold onto and a positive click. Swiping safety off was effortless. It took more of an effort to swipe it on which is the way it should be. The safety never became disengaged while bolstered. I have a Ruger LC9-S with the same setup and carry it daily.

If the safety in the M&P wasn’t so obnoxiously big, and if they had a left side only version, I think this issue would be largely nonexistent.

But if you like the gun otherwise, it shouldn’t be an issue. Once the gun is bolstered it can’t be fired.