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Originally Posted by will76
Sure some people might hop around looking at different sites but when they find a tube site with that much free content that is where they going to go to in the future when they want free porn. Not a 12 pic gallery or 4 , 30 second videos.
maybe they go to the tgp to see what cool new sites are out there, use the 12 pics as a preview then go to the tube site and search for that site 
If their connection is so slow that they can only see pics, i don't they are the type to signup to a membership site.
Sure some people might like just pictures over videos but i bet you could count "those" people on 1 hand.
I personally think the people who own tgps are trying to justify this in their heads any way they can so they can make themselves feel better and that everything is fine. Instead, they should be looking the issue right in the eye and doing what they need to ensure they will continue to make money beyond their tgp site. I am a non biased onlooker, i do not own a membership site and I don't own a tgp, but this couldn't be any clearer what is happening here and where things are going.
let me know when they start changing, all i see them doing now is saying their traffic is going up up up and tube sites are just a fad. I don't see them doing shit other then deny what is really happening.
Porn industry and music is night and day when it comes to stealing. Not everyone has a computer, you need a computer for 1 to get free music. There is value in buying the music, you get the actual CD, case and insert. You download a full lenth video from a tube site or the site who owns the video, there is 0 difference to you. People buy music as gifts for others, they don't do that with porn. Young kids buy music and might not be online or be savy with download sites. Downloading music is illegal and some people really have been scared off from doing it, others know it is wrong and wont do it. This is not the case with porn, people go to a site and see it is listed... are they going to go to jail for downloading off of megarotic? no. do they even know that the porn on that site is stolen and not put there by the sponsor ? There is several reasons why people still buy music but wouldn't pay for online porn. You can't compare the two. |
We're going back and forth with something that this thread isn't about. I know you're opposed to torrents, and nothing will change your mind. I can however say (considering I work with a decent amount of paying members daily), that quite a few people actually join JUST for pictures. Maybe you can count it on 1 hand daily, but it's a decent sum when you can count them on 1 hand everyday for a year.
My point is that the sky is not falling and that sites are dropping due to the traffic being spread around to many more sites. Those who want to adapt, will...And they will be in on the ground floor and they will be the ones on top in a few years. Those who are established previously will either adapt, or do their best to keep their core base loyal.
Also, saying that you cannot compare online porn to music is a bit of a stretch. You are talking about a tangible product, but a paysite membership is somewhat close, and much more than a freebie surfer can see. On 1 hand you have shitty flash streams, and on another you have HD videos that can be downloaded and watched on a 62 inch HDTV. Those who want a tangible product can get one by joining a quality member site.