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Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by MomoXenosaga »

dweekly wrote: post #126

It sure sounds like this was forced on them by their payment processors, not that this was a voluntary move. https://twitter.com/danprimack/status/1428420774449266691?s=...

This is why America needs to work beyond it's fascination with creditcards.

Your bank can't block shit and has to process whatever transaction you want short of the terrorist watchlist.

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Post by bob33212 »

perardi wrote: post #272
bob33212 wrote: post #242

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone else will replicate of

Sustainably? Or will they replicate, survive for a while, get to a critical mass, and then get nuked from orbit by Visa?

If crypto was ever going to be useful, this is where it will do it.

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Post by serverholic »

rejectedandsad wrote: post #270
dweekly wrote: post #126

It sure sounds like this was forced on them by their payment processors, not that this was a voluntary move. https://twitter.com/danprimack/status/1428420774449266691?s=...

The fact that OF is not all in on crypto payments is a massive indictment of crypto as a payment mechanism.

Or that crypto is only 12 years old which is really fucking young for a currency.

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Post by yellow_lead »

post_break wrote: post #144

This makes me think of Operation Choke Point. I understand payment processors need to limit fraud and risk, but at what point do they get to determine what a legal business does? I understand the mental gymnastics involved to think a private business gets to choose who they do business with, but when there are only a handful of businesses doing the processing what then? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Choke_P…

A reason governments like monopolies - they centralize control. This applies to many industries: telecom, cellphones, social media, etc.

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Post by hn_throwaway_99 »

emodendroket wrote: post #171
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #150

Is there a difference between the title and "OnlyFans to shut down in October"? I literally didn't know OnlyFans had anything else besides porn/porn-esque material.

At some point I think they intended to be something line a competitor to Patreon. It also sounds like they're going to keep allowing softcore content.

> It also sounds like they're going to keep allowing softcore content.

That is such puritanical nonsense. You can show naked people rubbing together, but the moment you show a penis in a vagina, Satan comes to get you.

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Post by bcheung »

yvdriess wrote: post #169
Shalomboy wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always felt like adult websites were tech unsavvy. Like they usually designed the site with plenty of love and care, but the structures holding that design up felt notably behind-the-times. Got a take on that?

The cliché is the inverse. Porn is always the first industry in making use of new technologies. VHS, DVD, www, streaming video etc.

Used to be the case. They are far behind now. Just read the docs for CCBill. Most of adult is still PHP even for new stuff. And they usually work on the servers directly instead of using version control and staging servers. Only the really bigger adult companies adopt a modicum of modern programming practices.

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Post by _rpd »

jpeter wrote: post #157
dweekly wrote: post #126

It sure sounds like this was forced on them by their payment processors, not that this was a voluntary move. https://twitter.com/danprimack/status/1428420774449266691?s=...

Why should payment processors force them to. They will make less money

If you think about what payment processors actually do, dealing with fraud is one of the main costs. There's a lot of fraud associated with porn related transactions, so it can make financial sense to just drop the entire transaction category.

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Post by eykanal »

From the comments here, it sounds like the main issue is payment processors needing to accommodate "vice laws" or something. Can someone explain why OnlyFans can't simply use non-US payment processors to get around this? My understanding is that many European countries are much less concerned with vice than the US.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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Post by crackercrews »

georgefrick wrote: post #19
jerf wrote: post #9

So, serious question because I know very little about OnlyFans other than the general knowledge flowing around the internet: What does this leave of the site? Because my impression was certainly that this was the purpose of the site.

Fairly good explanation of it being about far more than nudity. They have created a casino like experience for emotional interaction. https://youtu.be/ji5qepCx-8s

Very helpful video. Also mentions their sister site myfreecams. That's probably where the x-rated videos will remain. Seems like they're splitting the brand to have one NSFW and one SFW.
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