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> Comparing today's internet to the 90s is hardly fair. It has become extremely predatory...

I think you're missing the point they're trying to make. It's not that the problem isn't real, it's that the solution won't work. Kids will find a way around. They have a lot more free time than us.

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If you're geeky enough to install a virtual machine and know that will break the restrictions, you're probably mature enough to not need them.

Banning pubs from selling to minors doesn't work, but we should still do it, right?

Physical is different from digital. Sure, today many kids don't know or care about VMs, but they certainly will know and care tomorrow when this regulation hits. And that info will spread like wildfire all over social and blog posts.

About a week after the policy goes live it won't just be the geeks that know, it'll be everyone in the 4th grade.

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