As a reasonable response to players being farmed to death (unsubscribe) by other players. Are there issues with the many ways people can be “safe” in space: yes, absolutetly. That being said, you cannot touch these issues without looking at it from both sides. If you want to enforce more PVP, you’d also need to make it less safe for the agressors to simply farm people, at least in Highsec. I’m all for less safe, but really for all sides involved.
You find similar things all over the place. Why do so many people use kitey stuff? - Because cyno mechanics are currently too powerful against brawlers. Etc. Currently there are just too many incentives to blop instead of PVP.
Then again, players are also lazy. People camp gates because it is more convenient and offers more kills,loot/hour than hunting people within Relic Sites or Anoms.
Risk aversity breeds risk aversity and unless CCP comes up with a solution that makes the game less safe for EVERYONE, it wouldn’t do any good.