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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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  - veroxii@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    What’s that in imperial shitloads?
    
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    circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I’m sure inflation has affected that too
    
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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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