Such reasoning could also come from people who lost some money to these scammers, they want to get their money back, but at the same time they think of all the obstacles and rocks in the path which may make all the ordeal difficult for them. It is like a mechanism to try to convince themselves to save their own time and energy.
It's probably more cost benefit to focus energy and time recovering that money working on something else, instead of expecting to recover it from the scammer, even more considering the physical barriers and obstacles implied along a possible judicial litigation. If it's already hard enough when being scammed by regulated companies, now imagine being scammed by an anonymous website on the internet.
I've been already scammed several times in different occasions, and I only felt in peace once I left those situations behind and delivered the scammer to the hands of destiny. Don't keep thinking about what is lost, rather think about what you can still earn from now on. And of course, be more careful with your money now, taking into consideration past negative experiences and the learnship acquired through them.
Well, I have never been personally scammed in my life. But I have been close to fall for scams, putting Bitcoin at risk.
I have seen people around me getting scammed, family member included, and it is quite difficult to process... To see people you care about to cry over money which has been striped off them.
Though, in the case I got scammed, I know I would feel extremely depressed for a while but I would have no path besides to do what you have already done, and move forward.
Money can be recovered, but time and health cannot be recovered.
In the case of Freebitcoin, the scam has been so big and blatant than there is a good chance scammers won't get away with it so easily.