I'm sure the community will just find a way to break through your encapsulation, I'm sure I will.
Yep. And then unsupported or hacked addons will, of course, be removed from the website and banned on the forum, leading to a "black market" of addons and secret Discord groups. Fun times ahead!
And just to think that instead of fighting these windmills, Ashley could spend the next year or two developing something useful, like improving the terribly outdated debugger or adding official UI plugins.