why can't you use magnetic pickups on a bowed instrument?

plucking vs. bowing and piezo vs. magnetic pickups on bowed instruments
in this off-the-cuff rant, Jesse addresses why you can’t just used traditional electric guitar/bass pickups mounted in the usual place for bowed string instruments (thus why piezo pickups are typically used)... and Jesse explains WHY YOU DON’T NEED A CURVED FRETBOARD