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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
Paul, I don't think you get it.
What's that old saying, "Buy when there is blood on the streets."
Well, there is blood on the streets and Manwin is buying. Manwin is buying up as much real estate as possible. They are probably turning record profits, and they don't care about if you are making money or not.
After they control the best real estate and most everyone has closed shop or sold out, who do you think is going to literally online porn? Short of some niche mom and pop operations, it's going to be a few large companies running everything.
It doesn't matter who Nathan is or isn't. As much as I don't like the tube side of their business, and as much as it sometimes infuriates me to no end, it doesn't matter, they have changed the game. And while I don't advocate working with them, you can either complain from the bench or get in the game and either do your own thing to secure your place in a changing industry, or try to work with them and the current trends and see where that takes you.
I don't like it as much as you, but I'm smart enough to know the game has changed and I need to change too, so I have. I'm adapting to the situation and implementing plans for my future. What I personally think of Nathan or the tubes at this point is irrelevant. We're all here to make money, and while this business model may be hurting a lot of us, it's fuck or walk. Get in where you fit in or go plant flowers with your wife.
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No you don't get it.
Teaching people not to pay for porn so you can make a quick buck off the few that do isn't long term good business. The reason the business is shrinking isn't that Tubes are free. It's;
TUBES ARE BETTER FOR MOST PORN CONSUMERS AND CUSTOMERS THAN PAID PORN.
And the more people who turn onto that the less that buy. So you're "getting into the game" of giving away your product to attract the few buyers left. And the next guy gets into the game, and the next, and the next, and the next and it leaves the porn consumer with even more reasons not to buy.
I don't need to change, made my money when the going was good. I feel sympathy for those who need to stay in the game and don't have the opportunity to get out or change their game.
The real problem started long before Tubes. The business model of spending 50% or more on driving traffic and 5% to 10% on the actual product was flawed. It invited people in with little clue how to shoot and the real expertise was in driving traffic. Now we have a situation with 1,000s of sites all with the same bland content and little to sell. People spending more and more on traffic that performs worse because the customer isn't that interested. And free porn.
But blaming the downturn of the business on Tubes is much easier than working out why so many prefer Pornhub to a paysite. And the solution takes real skill to bring about.