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Re:The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines every... by SiempreViernes on Monday February 23, 2026 @05:06PM (#47129658)
Sure: models need to advertise to find buyers too, but there's certainly not as many models or rehosts if there's no money to be made anywhere.
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Re:The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines every... by DaedalusII on Monday February 23, 2026 @09:12PM (#47132019)
pornography is not a profitable industry. even famous participants like 'mia khalifa' only made GBP9.5k (USD 12.8k) lifetime earnings. The average onlyfans has about 21 fans, with an average subscription price of $7.20.

the future of the industry is probably ai slop, personalised ai, and so on

one of the purposes of the porn industry in 00s was money laundering: cash only, large stores with no CCTV, very sparse records, not possible to objectively value why a dvd was being sold for $85

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Re:The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines every... by defrost on Monday February 23, 2026 @09:18PM (#47132062)
The industry is profitable .. the onlyfans founder is now worth circa $8 billion.

Being grist in the mill of that industry, however, only leads to being ground up for the consumption of others.

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