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Originally Posted by AdultKing
There is no doubt tubes changed this industry, however to place the large DMCA compliant tubes in the same category as file lockers like Hotfile, Netload, DepositFiles or File Factory shows that you have a fundamental lack of understanding about the depth of copyright infringement and illegal activity in this space.
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I agree they shouldn't be put in the same category, but only because tubes are far, far worse:
1. The people who visit tubes are the natural paying customers of porn sites. People in developed countries, with credit cards, who want easy access to porn with no fuss. Whereas file lockers are used by people who wouldn't be paying for porn anyway, either because they are not old enough, because they live in the third world, or because they have the time/patience to jump through numerous hoops to get it free.
2. The volume of content, which can only be a complete and utter guestimation anyway, is irrelevant. A 'file locker' some dude sets up in his bedroom could have (in theory) 10000 times as much content as Pornhub, in terms of GB; what matters is how many people access that content.
Further up you mention some file locker that reached the heights of 5000 on Alexa. IOW, 4900 places below every major tube site. The most popular tube site right now is a Top 50 Alexa site,
with a higher global rank than PayPal itself.
That tube is most popular (a top 50 site) in the following countries (Global rank 44 - US rank
41):
Germany (ranked 16!), Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Greece,
Sweden, France, Algeria, Egypt,
Spain, Canada, Romania,
United States, Czech Republic,
Portugal, Mexico,
Australia
Similar of stats, if not 'better', for Pornhub (US rank 35) and doubtless every other tube.
So what's the most popular file locker? For the sake of argument, let's say Rapidgator, (Global rank 385 - US rank
843).
Most popular in the following countries:
Tunisia, Malaysia, Morocco, Taiwan, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Belgium,
Mexico, France,
Chile, Japan,
Peru, Indonesia, Australia,
South Africa, Spain,
Algeria, Argentina, Colombia, Romania
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to spot the
real difference between file lockers and tubes.