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Originally Posted by Shap
I disagree. The people that pay for porn, and especially those on VideoBox and Twistys, are collectors as well as consumers. A high % of our members want the hard version of the content. Whether it is to save for later or for viewing on another media (ie TV). VideoBox and Twistys do not attract super fetish people. We attract a different type of member and if VideoBox removed downloads guess what VideosZ and a number of their competitors would pick up all the members that would leave VideoBox because of that.
Everybody's business is different and has different issues. I can't speak for what would be best for AaronM just like he really can't speak for what is best for Twistys. At the end of the day the member decides with their purchasing power and the results from that speak for themselves. That is why I keep asking for one Top Tier Paysite that uses DRM. The results don't lie. The surfers vote with their $$$ anybody who wants to ignore that might as well stop calling themselves a businessman. I'm in this to make $$$. The way we run things we make $$$.
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Who cares if they want to collect it? Let them go collect it on another site, pirate it, then come back to yours for the good shit.
You want to run a business that makes everyone happy but you..
Topbucks videos can't be downloaded.. they aren't DRM protected so much, but you aren't running into collect anything. Old DRM that all the paysites tested, didn't work. New DRM that the majority of VOD sites use, works like a champ and pisses nobody off.
Surfers buy what you tell them they are getting. If you have 10 videos on your tour, the member doesn't expect 30. If your tour has flash streams and you don't say the movies can be downloaded, then you won't get complaints. They pay either way, drm or not, and always have.
To me, you aren't looking for solutions.. Have you tried not allowing downloads to new members, but giving them a kick ass flash player option instead?
Or a notice in the members area that asks the members to not share/upload the movies they collect.
You are the master of building and testing.. welp, this is the next step.