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Old 02-14-2013, 01:04 PM  
Harmon
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"Brazzers has essentially become a marketing tool. Manwin, the conglomerate that owns Brazzers, also owns pornhub (and like 12 other tube sites).

You'll notice that, over the past 3 years, Brazzers has been producing more and more free content. They have channels on all of the major tube sites, where they share 5-7 minute clips of their videos. In doing this, tube sites like pornhub become more valuable. And, even when someone uploads their content without consent, it's still beneficial for at least one of the websites.

Brazzers, while they might have difficulty turning a profit on their own, is a major asset to Manwin. They now control both the content AND medium of delivery. On pornhub, you gradually see less and less full-length videos, more studio-sanctioned extended previews. Previews that often show a scene at enough length to ... "entertain" viewers. However, because Manwin controls the delivery medium, if you want to see more, you need to buy a membership at one of the websites vividly advertised throughout the page (and there's your major profit source, ad revenue).

And, very possibly, this was their plan; create a "free" environment of shorter videos, and a premium environment of complete ones. The tube sites outside of the conglomerate are unincorporated, so they're not able to pull the same play.

And, because of the boom in tube site ad revenue, it's too expensive for any other company to buy up a gaggle of porn sites and do the same. Manwin has, essentially, no competition.

I'd be worried more about bangbros. They're doing alright right now, but with the value of their product so low, and their huge advertising overhead, I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see them around in 2020. I mean, their business model is actually quite awful. If Netflix expected to run its entire operation by charging people $35 a month, do you think they would stay in business? And, consider that netflix is a bill that one's SO generally thinks is just as necessary as you do. With a yearly charge of $420, even if you think it's worth it, the other checkbook captain might not.

Edit: My most popular comment ever is about porn. lol"

Which GFY faggot was that?
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