The other 95+% of criminals needn’t trouble themselves, because the cops won’t investigate their crimes. They’ll only get picked up if they’re caught in the act. It’s not that they don’t care because they’re dumb, but because the cops are lazy as fuck and aren’t investigating most crimes, no matter how many solid leads they’ve got. Unless it’s a murder or (especially) smells like they might be able to confiscate six figures or more of something to sell at auction and/or brag about, they’re not gonna bother. They routinely ignore e.g. extensive video evidence of four and five-figure theft and property crime—not like they’re suddenly gonna get more diligent because the source of their good leads & evidence is slightly different.
But you are correct that there exists a set of criminals to whom this stuff might matter. I was too general in my dismissal.