To address some of your points:
Paysites don't all have millions of pics and movies, most of that is leased content or plugins.
Who's complaining about bandwidth charges? Not me. Cost of doing business.
Lack of quality content- what are you high? Who's complaining about that? There's a SHITLOAD of content out there. It's getting cheaper all the time there's so much of it.
As for where you're going - you seem to be saying that the place to be is selling the picks and shovels, and I don't think I agree entirely. Talk to the people you seem to think are "raking it in" - content is not cheap to produce, hosting requires a large capital outlay. I don't think either of these things are a license to print money.
Basically what it boils down to is this - there's still plenty of money to be made in this industry, on all sides.. But if you're clueless, you'll no longer be able to make a profit. That's a GOOD thing. I am getting tired of the constant influx of anything for a buck newbies, and I wish they would get the clue and realize there is no quick buck to be had in this industry..
Cheers,
Backov
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