What would happen if there was no free porn?

[MrFanti]

There are so many beautiful girls out there who ONLY do the extracurriculars and will not shoot because they feel the pay isn't worth their time and the loss of privacy that it comes with it.

Bingo!

[GroobySteven]

Obviously you know your industry and profit margins but from a consumer's perspective, looking at what is out there now, I actually would have made the argument that transporn is healthier than ever. There is so much more content now than 2 years ago, let alone 10 years ago that, again, from a consumer's perspective, I would not think it as decimated. The way I see it, there are more people producing high quality porn for my membership dollar than ever before.

Like I said, I am not defending piracy at all. It obviously is theft and those who think they can defend it are obviously wrong. It is a crime and those who steal from others are criminals!

That said, Steven, if you were 100% guaranteed an audience because the choice a man would face is either buy your product or have no porn at all, what business incentive would you have to reinvest when you know you don't have to?

I have to disagree - maybe there is more than 2 years ago - but not than 10 years, there was far more product and sites 10 years ago in trans porn. You may just be more aware of them now because of social media.

[collector171]

Obviously you know your industry and profit margins but from a consumer's perspective, looking at what is out there now, I actually would have made the argument that transporn is healthier than ever. There is so much more content now than 2 years ago, let alone 10 years ago that, again, from a consumer's perspective, I would not think it as decimated. The way I see it, there are more people producing high quality porn for my membership dollar than ever before.

Like I said, I am not defending piracy at all. It obviously is theft and those who think they can defend it are obviously wrong. It is a crime and those who steal from others are criminals!

That said, Steven, if you were 100% guaranteed an audience because the choice a man would face is either buy your product or have no porn at all, what business incentive would you have to reinvest when you know you don't have to?

A lot of the niche sites are gone, there were quite a few that focused on the girls as tops, they are basically gone. So now the sites that survive might do 1 scene like that every few months.

[aktrik]

I've noticed about five years ago you could find almost anything on the tube sites, but today it's just a bunch of crappy low-quality clips (imo). That's because all of the companies that were producing the great content that people used to steal and post have gone out of business or they're DMCA-ing hard (that's where all the jobs went apparently).

It sucks for the models who should be much better compensated. It's easy to say that the girls should now parlay their efforts into other things like camming and clip sales, but that's still like your boss giving you a pay cut and two extra jobs. There are so many beautiful girls out there who ONLY do the extracurriculars and will not shoot because they feel the pay isn't worth their time and the loss of privacy that it comes with it. They'd rather cam or *ahem* on the down-low because they know that the possibility of their activities affecting future job prospects, social life, and dating in the future is somewhat minimized. Honestly I tell girls who are considering porn, don't touch it. It's not worth it.

All this is especially bad for the consumers because it forces companies to produce content on much smaller budgets/less shoot time while also raising the price for the end consumer.

I totally agree man