I’m curious to know how Onlyfans has managed to thrive in the era of online free content and piracy.

I mean, why would anyone want to pay for pron when it is readily accessible or available?

And how has Onlyfans content somehow managed to escape being pirated (or has it being ripped and shared online too)? If it is being shared or is readily available, do most people not know they can also source this content free?

I suppose I’m just curious to understand the pron ecosystem and how onlyfans content has somehow circumvented the perceived pitfalls of piracy.

  • xep@kbin.social
    16·
    11 months ago

    The piracy bugbear has been raised as the reason why corporations aren’t selling enough since mp3 was invented back in the day. It isn’t always the case. OnlyFans is pirated but the piracy doesn’t affect their bottom line enough to drive them out of business. If you think about it, lots of pornography on the internet is free, and they’re still okay. It’s a much more nuanced discussion than “piracy is stealing” than the corporations want you to think it is.

    Edit: if I had to guess, the niche they serve or the value they add on top of “just porn” is something their customers are willing to pay for.

    • hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Ah that actually makes a lot of sense.

      You don’t pay for the porn, you pay for the interaction, seeing a different side of a public person or for the feeling of knowing a secret.

      Btw just to make sure, I am not being ironic here I actually never thought of it that way.

    • didnt_readit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Way further back than MP3’s even. The music industry had a whole ad campaign about how cassette tapes were going to kill music when they came out lol. Then they freaked out again with DAT tapes and then CD-Rs. Amazing how there’s still new music today…more than ever in fact.