I understand that I'm making a slippery slope argument, a fallacy in itself.
I just don't trust that the purpose of this legislation is what it says on the tin because it'll never achieve it's stated aim, it'll just teach a whole generation how to break the law.
And having failed, will the government stop?
No, they'll try to ban VPNs, or something else equally vacuous.
edit to add: This reminds me a bit of the tobacco excise.
On paper, it's to discourage people from smoking as it becomes increasingly unaffordable to do so.
But what's actually happened is that a whole black market has sprung up, making cigarettes even cheaper than before, funding criminal organisations, who have ZERO incentive to not sell to anyone who will buy them (including children).