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Post by vageli »

skohan wrote: post #660
chipotle_coyote wrote: post #652

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't have great answers to that, although I think by "banking partners" they actually mean "credit card companies" and most specifically mean MasterCard, which (assuming reporting on this I've read is correct) was or may still be in the process of further tightening their policies around adult content. Well, a not-great but plausible answer, maybe -- companies make changes, both good and ill, because they're panic…

Honestly that seems even more far-fetched. Visa and MasterCard are essentially a duopoly. Where on earth are customers going to flee to on bad pr?

This seems like a good use case for crypto currencies.

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Post by gowld »

jedberg wrote: post #464
da_chicken wrote: post #405

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> People really do just want a one click solution for creating adult content, and consuming adult content. Once they know it's possible, people want a one click solution for anything. The subject being taboo has nothing to do with it. This is one reason why Youtube, Spotify, Steam and Netflix did such a good job combatting piracy for music, video games, and movies, while ROM sites are still a ubiquitous problem for 2…

Netflix is getting into games for a reason. It's unclear if they only play to make new ones or also license old ones. But I agree with you, I'm surprised Steam doesn't have a way to get old ROMs.

They'll have to compete with SuperStonk GameStop... (and GeForce Now, and Stadia...)

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Post by philipov »

gambiting wrote: post #690
quantumBerry wrote: post #388

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Sex crimes are often strict liability. You violate the law whether you know or even meant to perform the act or not. For instance, Cody Wilson was sentenced for statutory rape after a sexual encounter with an individual who had a fake ID that stated they were 18, looked 18, and stated they were 18.

That sounds insane and like a failing of a justice system.

A drop in the ocean of failure.

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Post by throwawayFries »

jliptzin wrote: post #432
duxup wrote: post #72

My understanding was that they were being cut off by payment processors and banks and that drove the decision. Was this resolved?

I don’t understand why they don’t just use Bitcoin or some other crypto, seems like this is the exact use case it was designed for

Do you know anyone who's able to make use of crypto in the real world without using a bank of some sort?

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Post by seanieb »

pornel wrote: post #668
dmix wrote: post #365

> He said BNY Mellon “flagged and rejected” every wire transfer linked to the firm, while Britain’s Metro Bank in 2019 closed OnlyFans’ corporate account with short notice So it wasn’t just the credit card merchants but wire transfers and corporate bank accounts. So stupid… at least CC merchants can blame chargebacks or something. I guess it’d help if laws were clarified, in the UK where they are based as well. Maybe…

Maybe because British Board of Film Censors jurisdiction has been extended to online porn, and face-sitting and fisting is banned in the UK? (although that ban is older than OnlyFans itself) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-30454773

Where’s Ireland’s IDA now?

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Post by vageli »

Saris wrote: post #300
knicholes wrote: post #187

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Why not use crypto? Porncoin2.

You still need to pass through a bank to convert it to anything usable.

That doesn't seem like it would be a problem for individual creators though, unless all exchanges coordinate to ban sex workers or something (not to mention decentralized exchanges like bisq, or in-person exchanges like localbitcoins).

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Post by rattray »

asdff wrote: post #682
rattray wrote: post #670

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Their policy prohibits "certain sexually oriented materials or services". https://www.paypal.com/en/webapps/mpp/ua/acceptableuse-full

I feel like you could just sell an access code that allows you to download content rather than the content itself and be perfectly within paypals acceptable use policies.

You _might_ get away with that for a short while, but a fairly trivial account review would result in a funds freeze at the minimum.

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Post by Andrew_nenakhov »

vageli wrote: post #726
e40 wrote: post #686

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I had completely stopped downloading movies in 2018, and even for that year, I downloaded very few. I had been tapering off since 2015. These are real numbers from my NAS. I got a seedbox 2 months ago. This was my last straw: trying to rent some movie on Amazon and was told I had to subscribe to some service to watch it--there was no price to watch it once. The other things I did recently: 1) paused Google YTTV becau…

> The Amazon app/UI is HORRIBLE , too. Like multiple seasons are separate items? WTF. I'll download series I have access to on Amazon just to avoid that app. Not only that but I've even seen the seasons presented in no order whatsoever: i.e Season 2 followed by Season 8. It is nonsensical.

Ironically, the biggest russian torrent site is just a phpbb forum and it is wonderfully organized and very well moderated. Easy to find the content you want.

Fun fact: previously it tried to cooperate with the content owners and removed content by request, so the UX was considerably worse. But then, someone successfully litigated to block them 'forever' in Russia, so... They restored all prevoiusly removed content and now it has almost everything I ever wanted. Great win!

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