The same can be said about /rehash and /connect in the ircd. If you look at Services Oper commands, none of them affect the global environment of the network, unlike adding bots and adding logon news which does affect the network as a whole. The power that Services opers have are general information commands and a few channel specific commands.
Choosing which commands are at which access level really have nothing to do with abusiveness since every command can be abused in some fashon.