Piccolo also died because of this exact reason the Cell Saga showed exactly how much he does it cause when 16 was destroyed (a robot he barely knew) he explained that he was tired of letting people die when he knows he can stop it then goes SSJ2 and proceeds to start whooping Cell something he said he was afraid to do after Cell comes back he is shown to be still holding back while Cell is terrorizing his friends until Cell plans to use a Kamehameha to wipe the planet out then he channels