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Originally Posted by Publisher Bucks
The one thing that most are forgetting who are responding to these age verification threads, which is actually a very important thing you're not considering...
Its going to be easier to circumvent the age verification, than it is to implement something that would actually return some of the lost profitability in the industry, most people don't actually care about the 'long-term' sustainability of their income, they want to make money now, without worrying what will happen 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 years down the road, that's how we got into this mess to begin with, affiliates and site owners giving the horse away with the cart to make a quick buck.
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If it would apply to social media apps as well, and globally, there playing field would be a little bit more leveled. But it's a matter of putting the cat back in the bag..
The average user these days might pay for porn on special occasions, but expects it to be generally free. Much like entertainment in general, we expect to just see it for free or part of some all inclusive package, if there is something we really fancy we might pay a bit more.
But if as a user, I can choose between showing my face and ID on somepornsite.com vs just hitting up SomePorn on Reddit without any of that, or searching for "Some Porn sites that does not require identification"... choice will be simple.
Though I do like the idea of running SFW / NSFW separated by some kind of age gate. However I don't like the idea of me doing that, or blocking states / countries, while 99% of competitors do not
