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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
how is this any different than how content has always been stolen and distributed in the past?
what changed?
why is this conversation any different than one being had in 1998 about usenet? same exact thing was happening... same "oh my god, theres no end in sight...eventually no one will ever pay for porn" conversations were going on at netpond/ynot and elsewhere.
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For one thing, usenet wasn't as direct a competitor as tube sites are. Usenet required at least some knowledge of the internet (such as knowing it even exists), and even then wasn't nearly as easy to use are tube sites are.
Just look at the ridiculously dominant market position tube sites have already gotten. For fun, take a look at the most popular 500 sites according to Alexa, and look at the adult sites. Tube sites and filesharing sites beat pretty much everything else.