Day Four: The Pixel Predators and the Data Collection Arms Race
Day Four of AVN felt like attending a masterclass in digital surveillance disguised as marketing strategy sessions. I'm Dugmor, and I spent most of the day in lesson mode, teaching the technical strategies. I also explained to a few people the adult industry's inevitable evolution from content production into sophisticated data collection and behavioral targeting operations that would make Facebook's privacy violations look quaint by comparison.
The convention floor transformed from booth demonstrations and handshake networking into clusters of technical discussions where the real professionals revealed exactly how they're extracting maximum value from every visitor, click, and abandoned cart. This wasn't amateur hour "post more on Instagram" advice. This was an enterprise-level customer acquisition strategy deployed by people who understand that in 2026, content is just the bait; data is the actual product.