Being from a country where piracy is rampant I disagree.
Few people have the ability or even bother to do something as hacking their console. Many are afraid of bricking or find it hard to learn concepts like installing CIAs, using DevMenu, Big Blue Menu and etc... Heck, I admit myself that I initially had no idea how to deal with CIA so I just used ROMs in 3DS/3DZ format because it was easier.
Speaking from experience people prefer that someone do the hard work for themselves. It's easier, less likely for something to go wrong and if something does go wrong you can blame the one who made the service. But people who make pirating services prefer methods that they can monetize on by selling a product and, if viable, sell pirated copies of games.
As an example, even though a free method for hacking the Wii has been available for many years. Selling hardmodded Wii in Brazil was still a lot popular in the gray market, since hardmod doesn't give the user to run games from an usb device, so user would have to buy bootleg copies.
I'm pretty sure, retailers are still gonna favor products they can profit on like Gateway and Sky 3DS and if someone asks them if there is a free alternative, they will either say they don't know about any or say how much more advantages the paid method has.
In the end, many people aren't even aware that there already are ways of pirating your 3ds for free. I have a lot of friend with 3DSes and I'm pretty sure I'm the only who knows you can do it without a flashcard
This is the reality we live in if you are talking about a country like Brasil.
No one gives a s... about learning some simple concepts like .cia.
Brasilians usualy prefer to buy a consoles and pay 3 to 4 times more in games than in a PC Rig just because it's "the easy way".