I still don't get why people spend money... there's tons of it for free
I still don't get why people spend money... there's tons of it for free
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"I still don't get why people spend money"
Because you want to support specific content creators and free isn't sustainable
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Yeah, but for porn tho…
Just beat your meat to standard stuff or meet someone IRL, rather than developing some unhealthy attachment to someone on OF who’s exploiting your desperation.
I dunno, I guess if you just wanna pay for porn you like then it’s fine, but some people develop very unhealthy attachments/obsessions to supplement a real human connection.
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Yeah, but for porn tho…
So what you're saying is sex workers aren't real workers and don't deserve to be paid. If that becomes true and no one pays for porn, GUESS WHAT: no more porn. It has to be profitable for the people doing it. It's not like art, the vast, vast majority aren't doing it because they love it. They're doing it for money.
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Porn creators also need money to live, no?
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I think you're really overthinking it. I'd say the vast majority of people paying simply came across something they wanted to see, and paying for it is faster and easier (and safer) than trying to search it out for free.
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You can get a personal performance and it can be healthy. They ain't mutually exclusive, especially around niches where content isn't just reposted on every site.
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I am definitely not like others, I have only paid like 3 times on OF and they were like $5 each. Sometimes you just really want to see what that person looks like. 99% of the time I don't care and free is cool. Never got exploited, or had an unhealthy attachment.
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Porn was around long before OF and OF isn't why porn is still around.
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OF isn't the only way people pay for porn
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So basically, you like paying for porn, is that it? Or maybe that specific girl/guy? Or couple?
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Yes
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I know I might be a bit of a porn snob but since I have the means I will attempt to pay for my porn. It's hard to know if any random porn video was made ethically and that the actors/actresses are being paid appropriately. That's why I like onlyfans. This way I'm, mostly, assured the money is is going directly to the preformer(s).
Not to say onlyfans can't be predatory. As long as I am being descerning in my purchases I am comfortable with it. If an onlyfans model started wildly blurring the line of service provider and customer, I would recommend not paying for services any more. This can be difficult too because I know some of the services invovle intense interpersonal sexual fantasy. I would just say be careful. Especially if you find yourself struggling financially.
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This isn't to say all free porn is ethically/morally wrong. I do still browse pornhub etc. I just don't have the where withal to investigate every single content creator. You never know, the actor/actresses could seem as though they are producing the content at their own volition but there could be a business partner that is taking advantage.
All this to say, we should be more careful when consuming porn.
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I thought about paying for it. I checked out my favorite site, and it costs more than my monthly phone bill, that's just absurd. And greedy.
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You are correct... but I've seen all sort of free content from producers (couples or just a single girl) that just like to share that stuff for free. Why? It's a kink they have... and I have to mention that that amateur content is THE BEST porn I've ever seen! No bullshit, just people enjoying in the moment! Love it!
Basically, if I do watch porn, I only watch amateur content, mosly free, but some might also be promotional videos.
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well said
sometimes there are cute little upsides to paying for porn. for example, at least one person i followed would let you "purchase" poloroids they took of themselves (usually more artsy shots) which would then be sent via mail to you. she wrote little notes on the back, cool poetry, etc.
personally, lewd art from a lewd artist is way more alluring/interesting to me and adds a lot to the "experience."
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Not quite OnlyFans, but when you have specific interests, you gotta find specific folks with skills tailored towards those interests.
Source: Close buddy of mine is a furry fetish artist. Not suspiciously wealthy, but he's full time drawing raptor asses.
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But… Raptors didn’t have fur 🧐
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Don't let your wet dreams be dreams...
FYI: there's a whole swath of furry (literally) dragons and scalies.
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Furry is just the kinda general term for the whole fandom. If you wanna refer to a furry or a scalie character without worrying about calling a scaly fella furry, anthro works plenty fine.
Also they most likely had feathers, which is rad as shit in my books.
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This. Also in real life, people with specific talents know they're rare and charge accordingly. Pornhub is full of average stuff and if that does it for you great (though I'd argue anyone considering themselves a 'porn addict' is unlikely to be satisfied with basic porn)
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I still don't get why people spend money... there's tons of it for free
There are free video games. There are paid video games. Why do people pay for video games if free ones exist?
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There's advantages to paying for video games, even single player such as cloud saves as one example. For multiplayer games you get online play with dedicated servers, rather than finding a workaround like LAN tunneling with pirated games.
You literally get nothing special from paying for porn.
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That's fine if you're into vanilla porn, but if you have a fetish even slightly more niche than what they've got on ex: Kink.com, you're not going to find more than a handful of videos for free (unless you go with piracy but that's beside the point). And those will be digitized German VHS tapes. And will be out of focus. So in situations like that, paying for porn (or, paying to support creators that produce content you enjoy) becomes a lot more attractive as an option.
... not that I'd know anything about it first hand.
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You literally get nothing special from paying for porn.
You literally get the most special content by paying for porn, personalized content that's catered to your needs. That's literally why you pay for it.
Yes, if I just want to see regular old sex I can just go to one of the bazillion free sites out there. But if I have a specific fetish that only a few creators are doing, of course it's worth paying for it to support the production of said content, especially if their onlyfans allows requests.
I totally understand that the vast majority of people are more than satisfied with typical porn and won't ever feel the need to pay for it, but there's so much diversity out there that the regular porn sites can't get to it all, and that's why some people pay for it, because they really want to scratch a specific itch.
And before someone says you can just pirate it, trust me, some stuff you can't even find pirated. I've been there. Some creators go through very convoluted methods of distributing their content to deter piracy (especially with pricier tiers fans usually don't want to spread it to keep it exclusive to themselves).
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You’ve unintentionally stumbled upon one of modern gaming’s most pressing questions. When both free and paid options are a neverending smorgasbord of poor design choices, why purchase anything? Live service game models have shifted the landscape much closer to the free porn model for several game genres. Slightly tangential but… !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
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Piracy is a matter of convenience. Buying a game is more convenient than pirating it. You can watch pirated porn movies with a simple Google search.
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Not to mention you even get pirate results even if search for a legit way to buy porn...
Like with Windows, you search for a specific build and tier (Pro, Ent, Home, whatever) and the first results you get are pirate links. Why? MS has abandoned those downloads a long time ago and basically, the only way you could actually get a copy of a specific Windows build is through pirate links... go figure 🤷.
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See, that also puzzles me, I really have no idea... especially since paid ones can also be obtained for free, so 🤷...
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You really can't get all paid content for free. Actually most paid content you won't find for free. It's not that easy.
Sure if they're a popular OF creator someone will likely be ripping their stuff but that dries up really quickly when you get to creators with like only a hundred patrons.
The more niche you get the harder it is to find new content for free (pirated or not). That's why people pay for it, they like the content and there's no other way to obtain it (and they want to support the creation of it obviously).
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I still don't get why people buy books... there's ton of it at library
I mean ya, but not the book I wanted to read specifically.
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FYI: your local library probably has a subscription to eBook software. And if you use that, do utilize it! Libraries often get more funding the more customers and utilization they have. And you can usually request certain books for your library to buy. That's really helpful for the librarians to figure out what their patrons want. Otherwise they often have to guess or just use national popular lists which might not fit as well.
But yeah, also buy books your library doesn't have.
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My local library saved my butt last week for a uni class I'm in, and I plan to follow up by buying the book now that I've read part of it and like it so much! "Happiness is a Choice You Make" by John Leland if anyone's curious:) I was skeptical of the title but he's building an excellent argument for it regarding aging
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lol ...what? People buy books to have it accessible right at home and not have to drive to a library.
Porn is accessible anywhere.
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What do you mean? I'd check the library website and it simply doesn't have the book I want. It doesn't matter even if I don't mind going there.
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Just like with video games, the people paying for it are what keeps the supply going for the freeloaders. They should grateful to them!
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If you claim to be a porn addict but have never been tempted by or succumbed to spending money on porn, are you really an addict?
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My mate, Paul, is addicted to cigarettes but he never has his own fuckin smokes. You telling me, he ain't really an addict?
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at least Paul doesn't need porn. He's addicted to being a cunt! ;)
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I can't read "My mate Paul" and not hear it in Philomena Cunk's / Diane Morgan's voice. Well played sir!
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Good comparison 👍.
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I used to suck dick for porn.
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Not sure but tell you what, I watch porn for at least 2 hours a day every day and I never once paid for it. Now I said 2 hours cause I don't include hentai or hentai games in that. To be fair even thought I pirate most hentai games I did buy the ones that I really enjoyed and are on Steam. So no for porn I never payed I did however payed for hentai. And I most certainly have an addiction or at least a disorder considering the amount of time I waste on this!
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Ummm... IDK, maybe I'm not... or maybe I like stuff that is so niche, people usually just throw it out there for free in hopes of finding someone to engage with them 🤔 🤷... IRL in most cases... which is what I what I would be after in the first place.
I mean, porn is nice, it's a temporary fix and you can fill a gap with it... but it doesn't replace the real thing.
My 2 cents.
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Don't know what to tell you man, frankly the amount of effort you have to put up during sex not to mention the amount of nagging you have to put up with in order to get sex kinda is off-putting to me or more specifically it's at 50/50 but I do sometimes prefer to masturbate rather then have sex due to what I mentioned above.
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I think people don't pay for porn, people pay to be able to interact with the girl.
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Especially with those with 1000s of subscribers - how are people fooling themselves into thinking that they don't have someone answering their messages for them?
Some of the most popular ones have whole crews for filming - why should social media be something they do on their own?
I kind of get it for the ones with few subscribers though
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This is insanely sad.
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I mean, you know how there are a million free indie games and lots of slightly shady websites where you can download free copies of paid games? But lots of people still buy games because it's a better experience or they like to feel like they're supporting people who are making the kinds of games that they like? It's a lot like that, but with stigma.
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I pays but only for my audio porn because that s a niche and I really like my creators
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I still don't get it...
Call me an old fashioned pirate, but for me, it's more about the trip than it is about the destination.
I've been encountered with this fact about myself many times... I like this girl from somexxx.com website and I gotta take a look at what she's got published. Low and behold, all sorts of content! OK, gotta pick and find them one by one, gotta be picky about it, 1080p rips only, no 720p bullshit... aaaand after days of searching and downloading... I GOT IT ALL 🤤! And then I don't even watch it 😒. AND THAT PISSES ME OFF ABOUT ME 😤!
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i dont get it either like why would you pay for porn when there are free porn?
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I'm of the same sentiment but I don't judge people that pay for porn, after all without them paying for it there would be no money in the porn industry so as a consequence no porn either. Simply put I will never pay for porn but I'm glad that others do so I can feed my addiction.
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good point.
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Let us not disrespect the paying consoomer as they effectively sponsor the rest of us, especially those using adblockers
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same reason you donate for a shoutout on twitch id assume
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Like what... ego boost 🤨... some chick mentions your name in her stream and you get a hardon from it 🤨?
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You're like me and poor but I've been around people with jobs and stuff who can afford to throw away money on things and they seem to really enjoy the transaction element to things.
Like being able to use money to get what they want feels good to them because it kinda justifies their life being dedicated to making money. It's different for different people but you see the ones who love to buy something others can't have like five min in private video chat is exclusive so makes them feel special, or you get the ones who feel special by funding something for the group like reaching a target or funding a creator they like.
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It's good to support creators if you like what they're doing. I've supported Zishy in the past because they do high quality tasteful clothed/teasing photos of women who look like real women (not that there's anything wrong with bimbos/plastic surgery). If you appreciate what someone is doing, monetary support isn't unusual at all.
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Because they have more money than you. Disposable income is going to be disposed of, one way or another.
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People with "more money" just pay for the real thing.
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Even if I was the richest person alive, I still wouldn't pay for porn. Sex? Maybe. Porn, no way.
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The only porn I would pay for is something bespoke that I had to specifically request be made.
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I've found the quality goes up with paid porn, ethical porn is easier to get, and is also less objectifying.
For example, there's a bit on the Upper Floor between Stefanos (the dom and main host) and Penny Barber (one of the subs in that session). Penny noticed that Stefanos was wearing french cuffs, which she really likes. The next time she was on, Stefanos was sure to wear french cuffs again. It didn't enhance the show's primary purpose, which is titillation. It was simply a sweet gesture.
Now, many Upper Floor scenes are available in part on PornHub and the like, but this is one interaction that's likely cut. Even if it's left in, you might not be able to piece the two together unless you watched the series in order, which would be hard to do on tube sites.
Kink.com in general has pre and post interviews on almost all their content, which you don't always see on PornHub. These often give personal insights into the people and the industry that may be cut out.
AdultTime and Bree Mills are also doing some interesting work putting more women into production roles behind the camera, and stressing consent.
Finally, there's a list of sites like crashpadseries.com that are also stressing ethical porn, and they tend to deliberately keep their stuff off of tube sites.
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Onlyfans is an oddity wrapped in an enigma. Not only is there a ton of free porn + all the porn one can torrent but there are dozens of free cam sites out there. I mean dead free! One can watch thousands of nude models nonstop.
There should be no reason to pay for onlyfans. Ever.
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And yet, more and more women get onboard the OF train... you'd think people will get saturated with it after a while...
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If I’m going invest 3 hours into a film or a series of films then I want a plot to follow
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of the two camps, I would say the only fans aficionados are probably SLIGHTLY less depraved and slightly healthier than pornhub addicts because at least the OF subscribers are lusting after real women with whom there might be a SLIGHTLY higher chance of ever connecting with
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lusting after real women with whom there might be a SLIGHTLY higher chance of ever connecting with
Doesn't sound less depraved to me
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