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Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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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.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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This supposedly coming soon system should ideally be able to serve as the electronic payment utility. https://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/fednow_about.h...

Curiously similar to "Pix" launched by brazilian central bank about a year ago. A quick Google search will show you dozens and dozens of countries getting instant payment systems promoted by their own central banks during the last years. Really makes you wonder who could be behind such a "coincidence".

If there is any conspiracy, it would have to be how the hell did it take so long for all these societies to come up with an electronic payment utility.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

#173

Why can PornHub successfully sell a premium porn service but OnlyFans cannot? Is it just the size of the company?

I don't know if you were aware but PornHub had a massive scandal with the content people were uploading that led to them basically deleting the majority of user contributions altogether. So maybe not so easy for them either.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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This is absolutely ridiculous. What if they decide people can no longer buy dildos or lube or condoms or guns or alcohol or meat on Fridays? There’s no law with respect to “payment neutrality”??

That is called democracy and yes there are a lot of things that are not sold. General public agrees that explicit material is bad. Right now we have in Poland shops closed each Sunday - it is annoying for me. Selling alcohol in Norway is heavily restricted and I see more and more restrictions on alcohol sales in Poland. Explicit material is tied a lot to money laundering, there is also a lot of scams tied to it and l…

Payment networks should operate according to laws and regulations, not reputation and public opinion. Would you want your electricity turned off because someone did not like who you were or what you believe? That is a road to tyranny.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

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That is called democracy and yes there are a lot of things that are not sold. General public agrees that explicit material is bad. Right now we have in Poland shops closed each Sunday - it is annoying for me. Selling alcohol in Norway is heavily restricted and I see more and more restrictions on alcohol sales in Poland. Explicit material is tied a lot to money laundering, there is also a lot of scams tied to it and l…

Payment networks should operate according to laws and regulations, not reputation and public opinion. Would you want your electricity turned off because someone did not like who you were or what you believe? That is a road to tyranny.

No business operates this way.

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

#177
One reason often cited for payment processors not wanting adult companies is because of high level of chargebacks, but I don't understand this in the situation at hand here: it is not that this company is going to stop accepting payments, it is that they are going to prevent sexual content and keep nudity, so it shouldn't change much the behavior expected around those chargebacks?

Re: OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October

#178

Why can PornHub successfully sell a premium porn service but OnlyFans cannot? Is it just the size of the company?

I don't know if you were aware but PornHub had a massive scandal with the content people were uploading that led to them basically deleting the majority of user contributions altogether. So maybe not so easy for them either.

Wasn't that a copyright issue? People uploading stuff for which they didn't own the authorship rights?

OnlyFans does not seem to have that problem at any significant scale at all, so why can't they figure out a way to handle payments for porn?

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