First, thanks for your decent reply. > I thought it was common knowledge that porn drove innovation in tech. Well, it's a common myth that some people love to

First, thanks for your decent reply. > I thought it was common knowledge that porn drove innovation in tech. Well, it's a common myth that some people love to repeat. And apparently some people here are very touchy about their favourite myths being challenged. Your first link appears to be an account of a credit card processor who, in the late 1990s ("early 1990s" in your quote is misleading), did processing for porn sites. The second link is about adult-specific credit card processors from 2001. All that shows is that, as with every other claim of "innovation" I've ever seen, porn companies started to do what regular businesses were already doing. Possible areas where porn may have "innovated", however, are the likes of credit card banging and malware/dialers.