For a better picture, there were many people back then trying to monetize their adult content on Patreon - well, until Patreon started to ban them aggresively,

For a better picture, there were many people back then trying to monetize their adult content on Patreon - well, until Patreon started to ban them aggresively, which eventually gave rise to OnlyFans. It’s right that OnlyFans didn’t do anything substantially innovative, but the main point of the article still stands - tech companies have have failed to provide agency for adult creators for a long time.