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Back in the early 90s when I first tried getting into adult (offline), it was hard and expensive. Very difficult to open doors. Then came the web and quality digital photo cameras. It was still difficult for those of us without the tech skills, but we learned, and it was still somewhat expensive. Bandwidth back in the day was a killer. Quality cameras were expensive. The learning curve was huge.
These days, any jackass who knows how to steal a video and upload it somewhere can make a living. As for producing porn, any jack ass with an iphone is now a porn producer. For as awesome as that is, it's a doubled edged sword.
That said, the herd is thinning. People are dropping out. Those who are serious and have a good foothold seem to be making it, even if profits are down. Of course profits (and praise) are way up for those who steal from others, but we won't go into that. I'm curious to see who's going to be standing 5 years from now. Economies are getting worse, not better. Minus a few site shut downs, there seems no end to piracy. Free porn is everywhere already and we can't shut Pandora's box. But there will also be a shake out of smaller tubes and other pirate sites as they can not make a profit. So even the glut of free porn will dwindle over time, but it won't go away.
For as gloomy as it may look today, and even with no real light at the end of the piracy tunnel, I am cautiously optimistic for the future of the business for those of us who can adapt and keep moving forward.
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