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Pornhub to leave five more states over age-verification laws (www.engadget.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)

OP's claim here is just BS. PornHub is in no way a monopoly or even close. It reads like someone who has literally never searched for porn on the internet. Astroturf.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)

PornHub is a monopoly. They own xnxx, redtube, xhamster, and several production companies such as brazzers. Their categorization system has also had some ranging impacts on actresses' ability to get work after they turn 22. I highly recommend listening to The Butterfly Effect by Jon Ronson.

ALSO so we're clear, I'm not a fan of this legislation because its dumb as fuck and doesn't help anyone, least of all sex workers. When people lose easy access to porn it usually results in WORSE conditions for sex workers because suddenly there's more demand in places without safety infrastructure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

they don't own xhamster.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Owning a dozen or so websites doesn't make them a monopoly when there are tens of thousands of porn sites available.

There are countless models over the age of 22 making bank in the porn industry. The only difference is that they have talent.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Can you define what part of PornHub owning a lot of other porn sites makes them a monopoly? Part of being a monopoly is being anticompetitive. What has PornHub done in terms of lobbying or other anticompetitive practices which makes it more difficult for a new company sharing porn to take hold? Because there is a ton of porn online which is unrelated to PornHub.

I'm all for calling out monopolies, but I legit don't see one here. I'm open to being wrong.

I don't believe that the thing about actresses getting work after 22 is reliant on PornHub. Porn has worked that way for 50+ years my dude.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Part of being a monopoly is being anticompetitive

No it's not. Being hit with antitrust laws requires first being a monopoly, but the monopoly state exists merely by virtue of size within the industry.

Edit: to be clear the only point I am making here is in relation to that definition you provided. Nothing more.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I was just in Utah for business and didn't even realise there was a block. I didn't go to pornhub but all my regular sites just worked. 🤷‍♂️🍆

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

With other industries, owning 5, 10, 15 other sites might be indicative of a monopoly. But there is a metric fuckton of porn online.

Edit: pardon me, a *metric fucktonne

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What's that in imperial shitloads?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I'm sure inflation has affected that too