To be fair, this is kind of the purpose of the council.
Remember, there was no print button or email. Monks and scribes of many sorts dedicated their lives to transcribing books by hand. Because of the difference in proliferation, many churches in one region literally had a different set of scripture from others - as in, not even one shared book of what would become the Bible.
The council's purpose was to form a unified set from which to lay the foundation for an organized Church body. It is easy to view this, in hindsight of the modern era, as being a ploy to censor and constrain, and certainly there would be such efforts, I don't think the people of that time were setting out with sinister intentions. Rather, they were being extremely practical in their efforts to hold the Church together as an entity.
The apocrypha are a strange world to wander into. While I would like to see more people venture into them and challenge their understanding of their faith - I also wish people would do more than read the headline or actually read into the scriptures passed out like candy to see what is actually said.
Much is said about what the Bible says… Far less is actually spoken from it.