Most of the time the point is to make it just difficult enough that you hit some other guy's store in preference.
Deterring someone who's determined to steal from your site and has the advantages of knowing what they're going to to, when they're going to do it, is a difficult and expensive process.
They'll just steal a bolt cutter first. Doesn't even need to be a big one for these thin chains.
Anyway, you get what you vote for.
Most of the time the point is to make it just difficult enough that you hit some other guy's store in preference.
Deterring someone who's determined to steal from your site and has the advantages of knowing what they're going to to, when they're going to do it, is a difficult and expensive process.