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Originally Posted by DVTimes
there is so much free porn on tubes.
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It hurts sales for sure. It has helped to cause a lot of people to go out of business. However the tubes aren't always the best way to get content. Just like anything else people will get bored of it (presentation, type of content). And you will always have customers who want a lot more than they can find at the pirate sites. The sales which you do lose from the tubes now are mainly the casual porn browser. Joe sixpack who now fires up the computer and goes to redtube as opposed to surfing TGPs and eventually buying a membership.
Now if you aren't aggressive about minimizing your content being freely available then that's when you will start to get really hurt because even your best customers won't sign up when everything you have is always available. Why should they pay if your entire members area is at Pornhub on any given day? You'll not only lose the casual Joe six pack but you'll also lose your hardcore customers who want your specific content. You have a degree of control believe it or not. If you want to keep some sales you need to fight back.
Shifts in technology will eventually destroy the current model. Of course it always happens that way. But usually you just shift to the new model with the change.