Plausible deniability or not, it could have real impact if Apple decides to implement the policy of locking your account after tripping the threshold, which you

Plausible deniability or not, it could have real impact if Apple decides to implement the policy of locking your account after tripping the threshold, which you then have to wait or fight to get unlocked. Or now you have police records against you for an investigation that lead nowhere. It's not a zero impact game if I can spam a bunch of grey blobs to people and potentially have a chain of human failures that leads police knock down your door.