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Originally Posted by srockhard
Then complain that your videos and pics are being uploaded and shared all over the place? Is there anyone else that has disabled the abilities to download videos and photos from their paysites?
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Great thread op. Lots of insightful comments.
Barefootsies has it right: you must observe your member behavior. Disabling downloads will work for some, and will not work for others.
Our experience at Femjoy.com and Joymii.com
- members DOWNLOAD A LOT
- any disruption in DOWNLOADS was a great pain to members
- we recently re-encoded our DOWNLOADS at joymii and reduced the options. Nobody complained
- streaming has added value because users could watch on mobile devices
- "click here to download" has been a very successful call-to-action for conversions
Joymii is geared towards a cinematic experience with high-quality video so it makes sense people want to download and enjoy in the highest quality possible. Your content may be different.
My experience as a webmaster of a tube:
- "click here to download" was the single best call-to-action for conversions across desktop and mobile
- people pay for premium tube memberships so they can have the ability to download the video, even though they could get a browser plugin that does the same thing (although those are harder to find nowadays)
- one of the most successful adult iOS and android "app" is marketed as a way to "download" videos from adult tube sites.
So I think "download" is a trigger for users willing to pay for this convenience.