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Is there really enough motivation for paying for porn? There’s so much of it out there for free.
by Nextgrid 4y ago
Is there really enough motivation for paying for porn? There’s so much of it out there for free.
- pastacacioepepe 4y agoJust check the most famous adult content websites' revenue...
- Nextgrid 4y agoSurely that’s based on ads though?
- pastacacioepepe 4y agoNah, AFAIK ads pay very little for adult content websites, most websites now have a subscription based model and the possibility to buy additional content once subscribed.
- NineStarPoint 4y agoAs I understand it Mindgeek (Pornhub) makes about half their money from ads, but they are easily the largest advertiser in the industry. It seems likely that subscriptions/purchases still represent the majority of porn income.
- Stevvo 4y agoA lot of people pay on OnlyFans, so depending on the value proposition, yes, people are motivated to pay for porn.
- Noumenon72 4y agoAnd if you're motivated to pay for porn, but not to give a site your driver's license like OnlyFans requires, crypto actually would be better for that.
- cbozeman 4y agoYes, but I would be willing to bet my bottom dollar if you actually sat these people down with a licensed clinician, you'd find a lot of mental illness. From what I've seen a lot of these people have some delusion, no matter how 'strong' or 'weak' that delusion is, that they've developed a 'relationship' with the creator, not realizing that almost no woman would ever seriously consider any of these men as a long-term... or frankly, even short-term... partner. If there's one thing that evolutionary psychology has shown, it's that women's psychology for the mating market is not wired that way.
- regularfry 4y agoThat in no way affects how likely they are to pay, given that (in some volume) they already do.
- lillecarl 4y agoIf you sat any significant amount of people down with a licensed clinician you'd find a lot of mental illness.
- moneywoes 4y agoUnfortunately based on their numbers, it’s a lot of men
- throwuxiytayq 4y agoThere's so much of it out there for a reason. Never underestimate how horny (some) people are.
- antasvara 4y agoThe article states that half of PornHub's revenues per year were coming from subscriptions. I would take that as some evidence that people are paying for porn. In a lot of ways, crypto makes perfect sense for porn payments. The anonymous nature is most likely a value add for most porn subscription holders.
- stemlord 4y agoSure but crypto is an order of magnitude more complicated to get going than using an existing cc. Most people don't already have a form of crypto payment at the ready when one hand is covered in lube and they just need to hit the "confirm subscription" button. I would need to do days of research before I could confidently buy porn with a cryptocurrency.
- rglullis 4y agoDo people get credit cards just to pay to watch something online? Of course not. With crypto is the same. Once you setup a crypto wallet and learn how to use it, you can pay for anything with it.
- stemlord 4y ago>Do people get credit cards just to pay to watch something online? People already have credit/debit cards. That was my point. How else have people been purchasing internet porn for the couple decades prior to crypto taking off? >With crypto is the same. No, it's not because most people do not have the slightest clue how to set up a crypto wallet meanwhile are kind of required by society to already know how to use a credit/debit card to make purchases.
- TimJRobinson 4y agoThat's a very US centric mindset. Many people in Europe don't have credit cards, let alone developing countries. In countries like Argentina there could be more people with crypto wallets. Also do you not realise this was the exact same argument against credit cards vs cash in the 80s? Do you not realise how technical adoption works?
- staticassertion 4y agoThere's a lot of "mainstream" porn but if you're a furry or have niche interests I imagine you're dealing with a much more limited content market.
- rodgerd 4y ago1. There's an ethical argument for people that they ought to pay for work. 2. The above is stronger for areas that aren't well-served - women directed producers for example. 3. Parasocial relationships have become a huge driver of revenue for performers - hence OnlyFans and other Patreon-like services.