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This is it, what they've been wanting all along. You will no longer be able to access vast swathes of the internet unless you have a Google approved device, that is a Google-certified Android device with Google Play Services (aka Google Play Spyware) or an app on iOS. Use GrapheneOS or a Linux phone? No internet for you.
What I'd like to know is, what if you're already accessing a site from your phone? And what if you genuinely don't have another device? I'm assuming the answer to the second is you're SOL.
You're also missing the point, that a real user with a real name will be tied to each web-request that is "approved".
This is the beginning of the mandatory age enforcement/requirement.