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Do people even store porn on their machines anymore? I thought tube sites meant everything is available on demand, streaming? Asking for a friend.

thesimon 6y ago
A few weeks ago PornHub removed lots of amateur videos without ID verification to not get blocked by Visa&MC. If your niche does not involve ID-verified videos from the big studios, I guess it would be useful to have backups.
nix23 6y ago
Maybe had a perfectly assorted archive build over years, and even digitized from old VHS's, and to have a bulletproof Backup store it on the company's servers ;)
Karawebnetwork 6y ago
Even with streaming people still have profiles, favorites lists, watch history, browser history, etc.
pavel_lishin 6y ago
Sure they do, for the same reason that I store all the mp3s of the music I buy. If it's not on storage you control, you didn't buy it, you're renting it.
thomastjeffery 6y ago
PornHub is like YouTube was 10 years ago. Even 4K videos are encoded at a painfully low bitrate. The rest of the "tube" sites are essentially the same. There are a couple sites (2 that I know of) that offer high-bitrate videos (mostly direct copies from pay sites) either to stream or download. There is also a relatively large community for torrents, just like with movies and music. Sure, you can be a total l33ch and "stream" a torrent, but most content is shared on private trackers that demand high seed ratios. There is also mega, which has its own limitations. One of the biggest reasons for someone having local copies of data is when actually paying for porn: Subscriptions are relatively expensive, but practically always allow downloading. It makes sense to get a subscription for a short period of time, and download as much content as you can before it runs out. All of the same goes times 10 for VR. Good bitrate/resolution VR content tends to run 5-20gb per video. SLR has managed to find a good balance for streaming - very impressive IMHO - but it still runs into the same motivations that other subscription-based services do.
resfirestar 6y ago
It’s definitely still pretty big for the reasons others mentioned as well as the growing popularity of indie 18+ material (whether it’s photos, videos, or art) on sites like Patreon. If you pay for something like that it makes sense to save a copy in case you unsubscribe later or if the creator deletes their account.

thesimon 6y ago

A few weeks ago PornHub removed lots of amateur videos without ID verification to not get blocked by Visa&MC. If your niche does not involve ID-verified videos from the big studios, I guess it would be useful to have backups.

nix23 6y ago

Maybe had a perfectly assorted archive build over years, and even digitized from old VHS's, and to have a bulletproof Backup store it on the company's servers ;)

Karawebnetwork 6y ago

Even with streaming people still have profiles, favorites lists, watch history, browser history, etc.

pavel_lishin 6y ago

Sure they do, for the same reason that I store all the mp3s of the music I buy. If it's not on storage you control, you didn't buy it, you're renting it.

thomastjeffery 6y ago

PornHub is like YouTube was 10 years ago. Even 4K videos are encoded at a painfully low bitrate. The rest of the "tube" sites are essentially the same. There are a couple sites (2 that I know of) that offer high-bitrate videos (mostly direct copies from pay sites) either to stream or download. There is also a relatively large community for torrents, just like with movies and music. Sure, you can be a total l33ch and "stream" a torrent, but most content is shared on private trackers that demand high seed ratios. There is also mega, which has its own limitations. One of the biggest reasons for someone having local copies of data is when actually paying for porn: Subscriptions are relatively expensive, but practically always allow downloading. It makes sense to get a subscription for a short period of time, and download as much content as you can before it runs out. All of the same goes times 10 for VR. Good bitrate/resolution VR content tends to run 5-20gb per video. SLR has managed to find a good balance for streaming - very impressive IMHO - but it still runs into the same motivations that other subscription-based services do.

resfirestar 6y ago

It’s definitely still pretty big for the reasons others mentioned as well as the growing popularity of indie 18+ material (whether it’s photos, videos, or art) on sites like Patreon. If you pay for something like that it makes sense to save a copy in case you unsubscribe later or if the creator deletes their account.