Really?
I don't think so. I mean Musk didn't buy Twitter for philanthropic reasons.
"Catch them young and they shall be yours forever,”
I'm wondering if Steve was using the phrase more in the sense of the ban being a blunt tool that wouldn't address the problem, rather than the problem itself being insignificant.
I'm not sure, as I hinted at in the OP, how the ban will work given the description, and it seems so easy to get round, that it's not sledgehammer more an imaginary one.
I think where the idea has merit is that it's as simple as it is means that it can be introduced quickly, and it's planned for review in a year. As I have often maundered on about, legislation is incredibly slow - and even this will be a year from passing to applying - whereas tech is rapid.