I agree that they're not mutually exclusive. I wasn't saying that they were.

I was pushing back against the idea that age verification is the best and only reasonable response to our internet problems (the "lesser of two evils" argument).

I personally exclude age verification when other, better options - like the ones mentioned above - exist and haven't even been tried.

It's like watching someone try to build a fire, fail, and then chuck a grenade in the firepit.

It's easy, but it's not going to get you the result you were hoping for and it's likely to make everything worse.