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Because unlike YouTube, porn is an actually competitive industry with plenty of “tube” sites to choose from. So they have to compete on UX.

by Nextgrid 11mo ago

throwaway984393 11mo ago
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komali2 11mo ago
Google "Ethical Capital Partners." Operates: Pornhub RedTube YouPorn Brazzers Digital Playground Men.com Reality Kings SpankWire
- theideaofcoffee 11mo ago
  Not sure what this comment is getting at. Those may be the collection of sites owned by a single company, but there are still -oceans- of porn of every conceivable niche, on hundreds of thousands of sites, some still bigger than those. Whereas there’s pretty much a single, monopolized provider for mainstream video: youtube. And a porn conglomerate is the problem? GP is still correct, there’s still real competition in the space, unlike youtube.
- chrneu 11mo ago
  Very US centric take here. Ya know there are other countries, languages, etc out there, right?
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  - komali2 11mo ago
    All of the websites I listed are in Mandarin for me and have content catered towards local fetishes. I have no idea what you're talking about.
    - taftster 11mo ago
      I saw "Mandarin" and "local fetishes" and thinking I'm glad I have no idea what you're talking about, too!
chrneu 11mo ago
There's an old adage that if you follow the tech that porn adopts, you'll generally be ahead the average consumer curve. I think there's another version that if porn adopts a tech that means that the tech will work. Like, a lot of VR adoption early on was porn. By a lot, I mean most.
- IAmBroom 11mo ago
  Has VR caught on? Genuine question; I am not a gamer, but I see no real adoption elsewhere. The occasional movie is offered in 3D, but it's generally post-rendered, which makes the effect crappier - and it's occasional, not the majority.
  - greycol 11mo ago
    It's really hard to tell because with the currently high price for headsets it leans really hard into being a solitary activity. Don't get me wrong you can play games like beat saber ala singstar or rockband taking turns but it's an order of magnitude more if you want the second "controller" and you need much more space. Let alone the equivalent of buying an extra TV for everyone you want to watch a movie with. When you add on the ergonomics of the device which even with good setups mean you need "heavy" cabling or have limited runtime due to battery it's hard to recommend it to even mates who use their whole weekend on gaming. That being said I have a Pimax 8k I bought second hand and VR is really an awesome experience when you're in it so it's easy to see why the excitement is still there. I'll also mention some of the extreme sports camera stuff is often 360 if not 3d which benefits from a headset.
  - mghackerlady 11mo ago
    I've had a quest 2 since a bit before the meta rebrand. I like it, but I mostly use it for games. I used to be really into VRchat, which I wouldn't really consider a game. I stopped using it when it became increasingly clear the quest 2 just isn't powerful enough for it
podgorniy 11mo ago
Aah, the free market quazimonopolies avoid and despise at all costs (usually carried by customers)

Because unlike YouTube, porn is an actually competitive industry with plenty of “tube” sites to choose from. So they have to compete on UX.

throwaway984393 11mo ago

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komali2 11mo ago

Google "Ethical Capital Partners." Operates: Pornhub RedTube YouPorn Brazzers Digital Playground Men.com Reality Kings SpankWire

theideaofcoffee 11mo ago
Not sure what this comment is getting at. Those may be the collection of sites owned by a single company, but there are still -oceans- of porn of every conceivable niche, on hundreds of thousands of sites, some still bigger than those. Whereas there’s pretty much a single, monopolized provider for mainstream video: youtube. And a porn conglomerate is the problem? GP is still correct, there’s still real competition in the space, unlike youtube.
chrneu 11mo ago
Very US centric take here. Ya know there are other countries, languages, etc out there, right?
- deleted 11mo ago
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- komali2 11mo ago
  All of the websites I listed are in Mandarin for me and have content catered towards local fetishes. I have no idea what you're talking about.
  - taftster 11mo ago
    I saw "Mandarin" and "local fetishes" and thinking I'm glad I have no idea what you're talking about, too!

chrneu 11mo ago

There's an old adage that if you follow the tech that porn adopts, you'll generally be ahead the average consumer curve. I think there's another version that if porn adopts a tech that means that the tech will work. Like, a lot of VR adoption early on was porn. By a lot, I mean most.

IAmBroom 11mo ago
Has VR caught on? Genuine question; I am not a gamer, but I see no real adoption elsewhere. The occasional movie is offered in 3D, but it's generally post-rendered, which makes the effect crappier - and it's occasional, not the majority.
- greycol 11mo ago
  It's really hard to tell because with the currently high price for headsets it leans really hard into being a solitary activity. Don't get me wrong you can play games like beat saber ala singstar or rockband taking turns but it's an order of magnitude more if you want the second "controller" and you need much more space. Let alone the equivalent of buying an extra TV for everyone you want to watch a movie with. When you add on the ergonomics of the device which even with good setups mean you need "heavy" cabling or have limited runtime due to battery it's hard to recommend it to even mates who use their whole weekend on gaming. That being said I have a Pimax 8k I bought second hand and VR is really an awesome experience when you're in it so it's easy to see why the excitement is still there. I'll also mention some of the extreme sports camera stuff is often 360 if not 3d which benefits from a headset.
- mghackerlady 11mo ago
  I've had a quest 2 since a bit before the meta rebrand. I like it, but I mostly use it for games. I used to be really into VRchat, which I wouldn't really consider a game. I stopped using it when it became increasingly clear the quest 2 just isn't powerful enough for it

podgorniy 11mo ago

Aah, the free market quazimonopolies avoid and despise at all costs (usually carried by customers)