If you ban something that can’t be banned and, surprise, people keep using the unbannable thing, it makes you look very very weak as a governance org. That per

If you ban something that can’t be banned and, surprise, people keep using the unbannable thing, it makes you look very very weak as a governance org. That perception of weakness is significantly more costly than the existence of the target, especially when you can just control human minds via saying things like “look at how much energy it uses and it does nothing at all!” — and most people will believe it!