A good and entertaining piece on who Rules the online Porn industy is the podcast " Hot Money: porn, power and profit" [1] from The Financial Times

In the end it is the credit card industry who dictacte what is and is not allowed to be paid using their system. If they shut you off you are basically fucked..

[1]: https://www.ft.com/content/762e4648-06d7-4abd-8d1e-ccefb74b3...