Your premise that those who do not want to register are flying outside of the "safety regulations" is just plain wrong. Most here are just debating the merits of registration, period. That seems to piss off the Statists, though. By the way.................. I registered yesterday. To me, this battle is already lost. Time to move on to another battle. But that in no way implies that I don't support those who see it as an unnecessary intrusion by the government.
What I said was "IF you're planning on using your drone outside of the safety regulations specified by the FAA, don't register it." No premise was made... advice for one instance was given..
The battle might be over, but the nature of the fight is pointless. Seeing the law was passed, I complied. My only existing negative to the
new regulation is getting caught with an unregistered drone. As I like to fly, I really don't need the added worry of not being registered.
Did I want it? No.