Here is my analogy:
You go to the car dealer and look over all the cars and you decide on two models. One car is named DJI coupe, very nice....good details, fast engine....a real nice buy. The other is named Anything but DJI and is nice, maybe not as polished as the DJI coupe. So what do you do? You go for a test drive.
You take out the Anything but DJI model, and drive down the street. Being the safe driver you are, you keep within the posted speed limit, but you want to check the "get up and go" of the "Anything but DJI model" you accelerate over the speed limit, then go back down to the speed limit and continue your drive. This model happens to have good suspension, so you turn off the pavement onto a private road (FAA owned, in which they gave you permission to drive on) to test the off-road performance. Its bumpy, but all goes well. You return to the dealer.
Now you go and do the same test drive with the DJI coupe. Wow, this is nice! Good power, details are good....its really well put together. A big smile crosses your face. This is the "one" for you, you say to yourself. You go to start it up, but it won't start. "Sorry" the salesman says, you need to create an account on this model, before it will let you start it up and drive. Ok, you then do that, and start it up. Now, lets go and test the power this baby has! You get on the road and mash the pedal, but your DJI coupe won't go any faster than the posted speed limit, no matter what you do. The salesman tries to help you and says...oh....sorry, but this model won't go past the posted speed limit. Its the law. In order to do that, and there is no guarantee that this will be approved, you will need to apply for an unlock from China, where this car is made. You have to give them the registration of the car, + a lot of your personal information and maybe they will unlock this for you, but only for 30 minutes, and maybe they won't unlock it.
Ok, screw that you say, lets take this baby off-road to check the suspension. You turn off the pavement onto the private road. The DJI coupe immediately stops. I mean stops in its tracks. You can't go forward, you can't go backwards...nothing. Then the engine shuts off. The salesman then turns to you and says...."This is by design. You don't have permission to drive on this private road, so again, you will need to only drive on the pavement like everyone else, or apply for an unlock from China." Wow. You do have permission to drive on that road, since you ok'd it with the owner ahead of time. (FAA)You return back to the dealership, go onto the internet and find a certain software company that will unlock your DJI Coupe. (hahahaha)
While the Anything but DJI model will allow you the freedom to control and drive the vehicle how you like, you broke the law by going faster than the posted speed limit AND drove in a place you didn't have permission to drive in. (well you did for my example) Shame on you. Gov't rules are there to keep you safe, you rebel....but no one was hurt, and you drove safely.
Laws are there for (mostly) good reasons, and I don't think anyone would condone flying a drone in an unsafe manner, just like no one would condone driving a car in an unsafe manner, hundreds of thousands of people do so every single day, breaking every imaginable law as it pertains to cars on public roads.
Drones are no different, and dare I say...much safer than any car. Its the "perceived" danger that a drone can "possibly" do.