I wouldn't say you have less to worry about because you never know when the consumption problem will arise. Here's my story.
98 ML320 oil changed at 28K. Within a thousand miles it started to burn oil. No smoke from exhaust, just consumed, it was blowing through the ring because of one scratched cylinder.
They tried to fix the problem first with one synthetic change because MB was paying after they made switch recommendation to syntheic, and then did a second oil change because it was still using oil. That didn't work either.
Finally they pulled the engine, found the scratch and replaced the entire short block. That's the only good part with all I went through.