A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong

Re:A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong by bko on Friday August 20, 2021 @03:19PM (#28250240)

They'll preemptivly do it because the revenue is not a lot and the headache and worrying is not worth it. It's not black and white where something isn't allowed. There's likely more hoops you have to jump through. When it does get enforced its easier to just say we don't allow any transactions in that an even broader category than is currently being targeted.

And there isn't a button that says "exclude all payments in category [X]" that they can click and the next day they're cut off. It takes time, especially in a giant organization where there might be different regulations based on the content, jurisdiction, etc.

So it absolutely makes for them to cut it off preemptively.

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Re:A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong by foerbert on Saturday August 21, 2021 @01:44AM (#28254539)

I still don't see it. These laws aren't going to sneak up on them. It's not like they're going to have 12 hours notice to categorize and terminate all accounts in some category.

Again it's not something that has much upfront cost nor do later products depend on the current decision.

OF was pulling in about $400M/year. If law changes were a serious risk here, how are they making any money at all? At least two years are probably dependable here. If the payment processor can't be profitable processing $800M over two years for a single account, I don't see how that business would work at all.

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