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kane · 11-13-2009, 03:16 AM

I have said before and still believe that at some point we will over-saturate and it will force us to change. when you give away a ton of free porn it leaves you with very limited sales opportunities. It is only a matter of time before those dry up or stagnate. When that happens the revenue from tube sites will start to get lower and lower and they will be forced to either radically change how they do business or we will start to see them going out of business.

I think you can look at a site like YouTube as a great examples If YouTube didn't have Google's fat pockets behind it, chances are it would either be radically different or gone today. From what I have read it costs Google millions just to keep that site alive, but they do it for the exposure and the user information. You can also see other sites that are now going to start charging for some content. Many online newspapers will soon be charging a fee to read them. They found out giving away everything is not all that profitable after all. Will it work? Not at first. Some people will pay, but most will just go other places to get that news, but that shift in freeloaders could cause these other sources to have higher costs, but reduced income and they quickly may make the change.

Change is coming. Free is not a plan that can last forever.

11-13-2009, 03:16 AM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	I have said before and still believe that at some point we will over-saturate and it will force us to change. when you give away a ton of free porn it leaves you with very limited sales opportunities. It is only a matter of time before those dry up or stagnate. When that happens the revenue from tube sites will start to get lower and lower and they will be forced to either radically change how they do business or we will start to see them going out of business. I think you can look at a site like YouTube as a great examples If YouTube didn't have Google's fat pockets behind it, chances are it would either be radically different or gone today. From what I have read it costs Google millions just to keep that site alive, but they do it for the exposure and the user information. You can also see other sites that are now going to start charging for some content. Many online newspapers will soon be charging a fee to read them. They found out giving away everything is not all that profitable after all. Will it work? Not at first. Some people will pay, but most will just go other places to get that news, but that shift in freeloaders could cause these other sources to have higher costs, but reduced income and they quickly may make the change. Change is coming. Free is not a plan that can last forever.