Why is there so much free porn on the internet? (2016)
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Re: Why is there so much free porn on the internet? (2016)
#2Interesting take. I think Louis CK had a joke in his last special about how “We can stop making new porn now”. Sounds like that might be what’s happening. The idea that an industry might contract and die because it’s historic catalog and free competing content are eating its market share isn’t totally new, but the interesting moral ramifications for this particular industry are noteworthy.
Re: Why is there so much free porn on the internet? (2016)
#3Interesting take. I think Louis CK had a joke in his last special about how “We can stop making new porn now”. Sounds like that might be what’s happening. The idea that an industry might contract and die because it’s historic catalog and free competing content are eating its market share isn’t totally new, but the interesting moral ramifications for this particular industry are noteworthy.
Nah, VR porn is just getting started and that catalog is tiny. The Adult industry isn't going anywhere.
Re: Why is there so much free porn on the internet? (2016)
#4Interesting take. I think Louis CK had a joke in his last special about how “We can stop making new porn now”. Sounds like that might be what’s happening. The idea that an industry might contract and die because it’s historic catalog and free competing content are eating its market share isn’t totally new, but the interesting moral ramifications for this particular industry are noteworthy.
Nah, VR porn is just getting started and that catalog is tiny. The Adult industry isn't going anywhere.
The porn industry is also often at the forefront of innovation. They've likely played a huge part in the recent advancements in VR/AR.
Re: Why is there so much free porn on the internet? (2016)
#5Interesting that there's no mention of camming. Seems to me to have exploded in the past few years, possibly as a reaction to what's being described (you can't simply copy direct interaction, plus the production costs are much lower).
It's doubly curious, since his site (Abbywinters) has added camming to their offerings (calling them "Playdates").
Re: Why is there so much free porn on the internet? (2016)
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Re: Why is there so much free porn on the internet? (2016)
#7Presumably the link is really to the first answer (https://www.quora.com/Why-is-there-so-much-free-porn-on-the-...), which points out that the porn Tube sites got their site by distributing stolen content, and then leveraging their high traffic into closer-to-legal business strategy:
Then, the pay sites whose content had been stolen and was now being given away for free, took notice (slower than they should have), and pressured the Tube sites to remove content they did not have the right to use.
Because the industry has always been fragmented (that is, lots of small players, owner-operators), it was impossible for there to be a consensus - should we get together and sue the tube sites? Should we start our own tube sites? Everyone was in it for themselves, and could not agree on how to work with Tube sites.
Tube sites said, "Gosh, sorry, we did not realize this was stolen!" (ie, bullshit), "how about we let you place an ad above it for free for your site, and you let us keep the video?". Some pay site operators were okay with this, got 5,000 clicks and a few joins each day. Other pay site operators arranged for the Tube sites to become affiliates: Tube sites get 50% of each sale made from clicking on the ad, so long as there were prominent ads around the video for the pay site. Other pay site operators requested all their content be removed, and the tube sites complied... slowly.
Now, in 2016, most pay sites feel they have to put some of their content on Tube sites to get customers (the theory being, a prospective customer will see their free video on a tube site, like the model / production style, and pay to join the pay site). It works to a small degree, but tube sites have so much traffic seeking porn, that there's virtually no other way to find customers.
It's interesting the degree to which this parallels the (mostly) non-porn Youtube foundation story. For those who've forgotten (or weren't around for it) a large proportion of the high-traffic content on Youtube was copyright infringing. Youtube would take down individual videos upon complaint, but it didn't really matter since another user would quickly repost the same content.
Youtube was then acquired by Google (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_YouTube), who used a similar strategy to convince the major copyright holders that it was better to go with the flow rather than making a fuss. So far as I can tell, this strategy has been wildly successful, and I see very few articles warning about Youtube being sued out of existence.
Re: Why is there so much free porn on the internet? (2016)
#8Interesting that there's no mention of camming. Seems to me to have exploded in the past few years, possibly as a reaction to what's being described (you can't simply copy direct interaction, plus the production costs are much lower). It's doubly curious, since his site (Abbywinters) has added camming to their offerings (calling them "Playdates").
All the more reason not to call attention to it and instead tell potential competitors the industry is dying.
Re: Why is there so much free porn on the internet? (2016)
#9I think the future or porn (i.e. The money) is in personalization. Porn for you, by your favorite performers, customized to your liking. The cam sites are the best positioned to capitalize on this but only if they start bringing order to the Wild West of cams.
Re: Why is there so much free porn on the internet? (2016)
#10So sad the predatory porn industry is being destroyed. The same industry that has objectified and pushed slutty girls over the edge to destroy their self image for the rest of their life.
They are getting middles out. The future is providers direct to aggregators. The glorified pimps are done for... good ridden.