I think it resolves one issue, which is potentially taking advantage of the 3.5 day averaging, even if that may not be the main driver for most late upvoters.

Some of the bot owners are also working on quality constraints - so the extra time could give them the ability to work through any action they think necessary. This may be an area Analysis / Utopian could assist with in general - automated systems to find abuse. As long as you can define what abuse is!