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Flexible conductors are very expensive (source: worked in automation). If you use cheap ones they'll fail and either the panels won't make power, and/or you'll have an exposed shock hazard.
Besides, we have way more walls than windows. Fixed panels make way more sense.
Thanks for bringing up flexible connectors! I didn't consider that before.
Would blinds be better for not needing more flexible connectors, or worse?
The whole thing would need to be flexible, AND you'd need a power-capable slew connector, which would not be cheap, even at volume.