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Wow, I'm shocked at some of the veterans in this industry think. Assuming that the decision to stop watching porn (due to a recession) is a conscious thought - just like the guy surfing TGPs makes a several-points decision to buy a site membership?
Yes, a guy who has a recurring membership may just cancel if things are getting tight, probably more so because he's bored with the content, etc.
A guy may visit his virtual girlfriend on a video chat site a little less often if he's having troubles paying the bills.
But to categorize the buying of porn online (whether site memberships, videos, video chat) along with typical consumer purchasing (a new car, paint the garage, going out for dinner) is simply incorrect and misleading. Is porn recession-proof? Nope, but it is much *closer* in shopping patterns to things like gambling and alcohol which are even mild addictions, and therefore a lot harder habit to break, recession or not.
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