>> I think the notion that "free content is the end of porn" would have been
>> proven long ago but contrary to that the industry continues to swell.
Yeah it may continue to swell - but conversions are through the floor, the signups you could make a day in 1998 take a week or a month now on the same amount of traffic. When I started I was getting signups at about 1 in 150 - Now it seems 1 in 3000 is more the par...
The amount of adult webmasters is exponentially larger - but most are hardly making much money at all - this is not an industry where suppliers have grown with revenue - there are more porn suppliers chasing less revenue.
Adult is declining and almost everyone will tell you this - it's been declining for 5 years because (I believe) of lack of innovation - so most webmasters have gone for the easiest thing they know - give more and more free stuff away to get traffic - only trouble is the traffic converts less and less - a vicious downwards spiral.
>> People will always pay to be entertained even though there are plenty of ways
>> to entertain themselves for free
No they won't - they'll ALWAYS choose the free option - look at Kazaa for example. You are just saying something that sounds good but has no basis - people ONLY EVER pay for something that they cannot get for free. We are not (mostly) *that* dumb...
The free content on the web right now is so thoroughly diluting the money that can be made that it's ridiculous. The savvy surfer today KNOWS *exactly* where to get any porn they want for free - anything at all. The only people signing up these days are those that can't find the free stuff and newbies - it's as simple as that - soon as they find the free stuff then they never sign up again.
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