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Conventional wisdom in our industry says that in the early years of the Web, the porn biz was one of the main drivers of online innovation - whether actually creating new ideas/techniques/apps/etc or being the 'first adopters' to bring them into widespread use. We were supposedly at the forefront of new waves of technology and invention in the 90s & early 2000s.

Now these days as the industry stagnates economically, it seems that innovation's disappeared too. You see a lot of the same old business models, same old marketing strategies, same old content (minus incremental improvements), and anything truly "new" we're focusing on that didn't exist 10 years ago is just piggybacking on the ideas & platforms of others - social networking, tubes, etc. Even with things that are problematic for our industry - piracy/stolen content/tubes, lack of control of payment options, etc - we're mostly passive about as a group, there's no real initiative. Mostly seems a case of doing the same ol' shit for less & less money while pretending we don't notice the massive issues plaguing the industry, and no end in sight to that trend.

So my question is - is this assessment incorrect, do you guys see any actual innovation or initiative exclusive to adult nowadays or in recent years? Technical or marketing or conceptual or content or whatever.

And what are some areas ripe for future innovation, if any?

Should note that I'm not looking for companies to come in here and spam their self-promoted product or service as groundbreaking - want to hear some real discussion.

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