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Originally Posted by TheDoc
The tube argument is an excuse, and it's bullshit. Piracy has been around far before tubes, and the real piracy ring, is still larger than tubes.
Tubes provide something surfers didn't have before, saying you need to adapt isn't about dealing with tube piracy. It's about learning....
Have you not noticed these programs pushing hard xsales, lots of upsells, really don't offer one-on-one member love, most have crap support.
These are the programs trying everything right now before they finally shit out.
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No offense, I just wanted to respectfully disagree with this one point. I was completely with you on this post up until the tubes and piracy comment. Tube traffic/sites are most definitely a problem and although their certainly not the only factor contributing to a decline in sales, I do think they are a valid reason - not just an excuse.
Yes, it's true piracy has been around far before tubes, and it was rampant in many different forms. However, what tubes have done, in my opinion, is remove ALL of the technical barriers from accessing pirated content, and made the delivery method equally or even more attractive than conventional paysites.
Before tubes:
Downloading and installing a file-sharing program or a newsgroup reader, and then spend hours learning how to operate said programs or system. Risk getting infected, bogus, or low-quality files. Risk being targeted by some piracy sting operation or have to worry about taking your PC, laptop in for repairs because you have illegal software installed. Very difficult to organize or access the exact type of files you're looking for because so much of the content is incorrectly named or intentionally mislalbeled.
After tubes:
Click play - watch high-quality porn for free - shoot yer load