> you cannot simply shut it down Indeed, but you can block it. And speaking of big organizations like Mozilla or Google, they have to comply with the laws of

> you cannot simply shut it down Indeed, but you can block it. And speaking of big organizations like Mozilla or Google, they have to comply with the laws of the countries they operate in. Meaning that they need to block browser extensions in the countries in which they are unlawful and they received a take down request. So in this case Mozilla would need to block extensions based on jurisdiction. For which they'd need to track their user's location while they are using said extensions, like various websites or game platforms are doing, but which for Mozilla would be a privacy nightmare. What would you rather have? A browser that tracks extension usage in real time, or a browser that bans those extensions from their repository? At the very least the easier path is the later.