Only because of the cost, which is only a problem for the person doing it if they find it to be so personally, which the OP seems to, so.

Or maybe I misinterpreted this post and they don't think it's a problem, which is fine then. But if the post is about how expensive it is to pirate... that expense has a lot to do with the data retention policy choice, not just the pirating. Is the point to be made.