Originally Posted by Tempest

You should have made them checkboxes or something...

This online industry came about because of free porn.. The "boom" was because of free porn.. So can one really blame it? Who knows.. Tubes are just an extension of free porn.

Two things have killed the biz in my opinion...

The financial crisis which had CC companies slashing peoples available credit and of course everyone getting into financial trouble and so not being able to spend like they used to.

The second, which is the fundamental one and a natural progression really, is when ppl/companies realized they could make money from their traffic as opposed to promoting porn memberships. First it started with selling banner spots, then charging for getting galleries listed and from there to the current model for tubes. It's no longer about promoting porn. It's about using porn as a way to generate traffic in order to sell advertising space.

So people can bitch about tubes, too much free porn etc but that's not what's done it. It's primarily been the fundamental industry shift from selling porn, to selling traffic.

And that my friend, is why traffic is always king. That's where the real money is.