The other problem is, encryption of the mods greatly slows down the system, and also stops some addons such as FSHud from working.
I was on XBox. The only way to have addons was to purchase from the store. I had about $4000 worth of addons before I went to PC. I have since been purchasing many of that $4000 all over again as Community folder versions. One because they load faster and use less memory, and also so Navigraph and FSHud and all the other addons which want to access my addons can get to them.
Keep in mind, starting MSFS is not the only time your addons are read. Everytime you start a flight, all your content is read through again to determine if any addons have any effect for your flight (so in other words, do you have Bijan’s season pack, do you have a handcrafted version of the airport you are spawning into, do you have bird for this area, do you have night lighting for the city you are in, etc). Yes, this happens every single time you hit “Fly” to start a flight. So reading through all your addons is a process that happens multiple times. Having to unencrypt all of your addons is going to add time to every flight, every discovery flight, every bush leg.