Originally Posted by signupdamnit

I agree.

Long term consequences of supporting illegal tube sites:

- Increased conversion ratios.
- Loss of goodwill among affiliates and others in the industry (there is a cost).

The latter they can try to prevent by hiding their ownership but the former is unescapeable. It is much like cutting off your leg for $10,000.

Originally Posted by signupdamnit

Without sales they were nothing. They built a house of straw.

The thundering conversions sputtered and stopped.

Their leaders talked and talked and talked. But nothing could stem the avalanche.

Their world crumbled. The forums exploded. A whirlwind of flaming, a firestorm of fear. Men began to feed on men.

On the boards it was a white line nightmare. Only those mobile enough to
scavenge, brutal enough to pillage would survive.

The pirate tube sites took over, ready to distribute full videos for a single free click.

And in this maelstrom of decay, ordinary were were battered and smashed. Except for one man armed with Wordpress and his circa-1999 TGP.....