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Originally posted by MetaformX
Where do you think this business is heading? What will the future of porn look like? What technology/platform/media format will lead the way in evolving the porn of the future? By future, I mean 5 years from now. Will it be the emergence of webcams because of improved video technology and internet speed? Will it be Video on demand? Or something else? What will lead the way?
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5 years from now? serious question. not suprised by lack of replies, perhaps everyone is focused on 2257 and elections. or maybe no one wants to share what they are working on for the future... so they can stay one step ahead of the competition.
I think the #1 factor that will have a major impact on online businesses (not just adult) is Security. Perhaps in the (near) future, people will be worried, if not completely afraid, to go online because the spyware, malware, virus, worms, & browser hijackings will be impossible to avoid. they will stick to sites they trust, or put their faith in REVIEW sites and/or Search Engines that filter out malicious websites. I'm not banking on it, but I am building for that future if it comes.
Porn will be delivered to all devices a person has, including the ones they can carry with them, PDAs, PMCs (portable media center) and especially Phones. "Content On Demand" to your phone is coming sooner than you think. Mobile Content Delivery companies will thrive, as will the content providers that sign with them early on. If you think there's a lot of single girl sites now, wait till the future when everyone will be vogging (video blogging), using their mobile phones to beam VIDEO content directly to their own paysites and available for delivery on demand to member's mobile phones/devices. Mobile Porn (mPorn) will be over-saturating the marketplace. But this vogging technology will be one of the greatest features to enhance and increase member retention for dating sites, plus adding location-based services will help dating/social networks to dominate the future. of course people will still use their home PCs/TVs to view porn, but DRM will make all content a much tougher sell because the consumers won't like the DRM features/costs in the beginning. They've been bred to believe that once they pay for something, it's theirs and it'll be hard for them to accept the fact that the movies they downloaded can't be viewed anymore because they aren't members anymore, so of course this will lead to even more piracy, which will force paysites to charge $50-$100 month for memberships, because they need to cover the production cost of exclusive content, and factor in the cost of piracy.
but, then again... the internet/web as we know it, may not even be here in 5 years.