The Free Porn Evolution, adapt or die!
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How did we get to this point?
When TGPs started in the 90's many people complained that they were giving away too much porn for free. As technology progressed and videos become more popular the free porn standard changed to 30 second video clips. For the most part the TGP/MGP sites controlled the market and obeyed an unsaid standard limiting how much free porn could be displayed on their sites. Today, the standard seems to have changed to 2 minute video clips and the TGP/MGP sites are no longer the sites setting the standard.
Enter tube sites...
Porn tube sites have only become popular in the last 12 to 18 months. As bandwidth prices dropped, more and more tube sites were launched changing the standard of free porn on the net daily. On most tube sites the standard is 2 minutes, however 3 minute videos are becoming more and more common. But, the real killer is the illegal tube sites that are loaded with stolen, full length videos. Technology and laws have failed to slow down the illegal tubes sites which commonly give away 20+ minute videos clips.
Stolen Content is only as good as the means to distribute it, bandwidth prices use to keep things in check.
Stolen content is not a new problem, however the means to distribute it weren't the best in the past. Take p2p, file sharing type sites for example. They were able to find a way around the high cost of bandwidth to distribute stolen content but they were not user friendly sites by any means. On a p2p site you don't get to see a preview image of the video, download time is not fast at all, and there is a very good chance that what you downloaded is not what you wanted. Then thrown in the fact you had to download from people you did not know and take a chance of getting viruses, you can see why that method never become very popular, especially with inexperienced surfers. On the other hand, the tube site model is very easy to use, you can get a valid description and picture of the video before you play it, and you don't have to download the video so no worries about viruses. P2P is a joke compared to tube sites, take a look at alexa's top 100 sites and you will see several illegal tube sites listed there
When will this stop? Why do people keep giving away more and more porn?
Before you can understand why people give away free porn you first have to understand.......................
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