Porn is always the trailblazer. Without the demand for porn we wouldn’t have had VHS (and hence the whole concept of video on demand in your home), or instant credit card payment gateways.
I guess what I’m trying to say is: an unhealthy amount of porn = a healthy community.
That’s not really true though. We got home video because it allowed us to watch films at home. There’s an argument that VHS won over Betamax because Sony didn’t allow porn titles on Betamax. Even if that’s true, it was only an advantage for VHS because there was no other easy way to get that content.
Now there is no problem with accessing porn on the internet. In fact the differentiator for many service providers is how to successfully protect households and schools from porn. If Lemmy becomes known as “the porn network”, little Johnny is going to find that loophole closed in short order.
Porn is always the trailblazer. Without the demand for porn we wouldn’t have had VHS (and hence the whole concept of video on demand in your home), or instant credit card payment gateways.
I guess what I’m trying to say is: an unhealthy amount of porn = a healthy community.
That’s not really true though. We got home video because it allowed us to watch films at home. There’s an argument that VHS won over Betamax because Sony didn’t allow porn titles on Betamax. Even if that’s true, it was only an advantage for VHS because there was no other easy way to get that content.
Now there is no problem with accessing porn on the internet. In fact the differentiator for many service providers is how to successfully protect households and schools from porn. If Lemmy becomes known as “the porn network”, little Johnny is going to find that loophole closed in short order.