0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Brunswick 17 Jul 2022 \ on: Porn industry, its crypto adoption, an untapped market for LN to break into. bitcoin
To pay for porn is to subsidize child abuse and human trafficking. There may be exceptions, but they are less than you realize. Anyone that pays for what the sector produces is either ignorant of that fact or a depraved scumbag. I can understand the draw, obviously, but once you realize this it all takes on the same color as dead baby humor. Regardless, porn is a perfect use-case for LN, but there are many more other more productive use-cases I'm sure (like fiverr, stock photos, music, licensed software, etc)
The industry used to abuse girls to join in the business that has little to none industry regulations. But this really is much less of a case nowadays.
It's a highly competitive market with ease of onboarding. The industry is moving out from agents model. Only larger production companies can put out big marketing and production value and can compete.
Onlyfans and patreon are the biggest platform in the sector and almost just for amateur contents. The top 1 earner I posted only has posted ONE set of nudes.
Porn industry has always been a huge sector pushing for tech adoption, it used to be the internet and now it's the only entertainment sector that are producing large amount of VR content. The sex toys industry is getting huge as well, tenga launched a literal rocket to space.
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Even if human trafficking is less an issue with porn than it was, that still doesn't address the child abuse problem. I include young women, technically freely consenting, as those exhibiting a history of childhood trauma. The porn industry provides a financial incentive to exhibit a self-destructive behavior by women and thereby normalizes the neuroses caused by molestation.
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There's just a lot of financial incentives for them to try. A lot are using it to pay for tuition fee, some are basically set for life.
Some used to take revealing pic/video from cosplay and they can now monetarize it further. Some use masks and what not to protect their identities. Some are already doing all these for free online.
It all takes effort and time to build their branding, it's not as simple or tragic as you seems to be imagining. Sex is universal and people do enjoy sharing selfie, these two combined created an explosion in amateur porn.
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I'm far from arguing that it should be banned. I can see you're invested in it to an extent and believe these women you're watching online are viable and mentally healthy mates. In my experience this is not the case, and I do have some experience in this area.
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no, I am not really invested in it in the monetarized way.
I am saying we have a normalized sex industry. I used to read up webcam models personal blog on tumblr about their life and experience in the industry, so it isn't a sudden awareness of the topic. And even in Asia here, sex is being a more open topic with more sex shops opening around, more youtube channels that talks about sex. So yes, I'd assume those who put the most effort to own their own branding, are very mentally healthy, probably even more so than you and I.
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