For the last couple of years, we’ve watched the same predictable cycle play out across the globe: a state (or country) passes a clunky age-verification mandate, and, without fail, Virtual Private Network (VPN) usage surges as residents scramble to maintain their privacy and anonymity. We've seen...
Not if someone inside Utah sends them money. Then Utah’s laws intersect with interstate commerce laws, so any company in the US is affected.
Except plenty of VPNs can be used for free and some without an account. Also the best (IE Mullvad and Proton.) You can pay with hard cash that can be delivered via burnable alias. So you honestly don’t have a way to enforce this unless you implement a great firewall of China and such.
Enforcement does not need to be perfect for the law to have an impact.
It’s not about perfection, it’s about it actually being enforceable at all.
And it is. You can pay for Mullvad with cash or bitcoin, but you can pay with VISA who will happily turn over your transactions to law enforcement.