Comment on Pornhub to leave five more states over age-verification laws

• Cube6392@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  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.

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  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    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.

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    • veroxii@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      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. 🤷‍♂️🍆

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      • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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

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    • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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  • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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

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  • lostwonder@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    they don’t own xhamster.

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