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Virgilizartor t1_irxykry wrote

So, they're horny enough to want porn, but not smart enough to watch it for free?

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KallistiEngel t1_irxzhss wrote

Or maybe you just want to see specific people's content and actually support them? Is that so weird?

Like yeah, we all know you can get porn for free. The reason they pay isn't because they aren't aware of that. There's plenty of free music too, but people still pay for music.

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Virgilizartor t1_irycsp2 wrote

People comparing producing a song or an album to taking a foot pic is the reason the musical industry's in shambles right now...

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garbage-pale-kid t1_irym1e9 wrote

It's not just "taking a foot pic", there's so much work that goes into successful sex work. Creating content people want to see is a job, it takes skill and effort and time. It takes knowing your audience and catering to them, it often includes a great degree of acting and social skills, and building a persona. The camera work, lighting, and filming takes skill as well.

You might not see the value in it, but it's not because there isn't any- the music industry is in shambles for reasons unrelated to sex work.

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KallistiEngel t1_irymgld wrote

It's not a 1:1 comparison, but the point is that people pay for things because they like those things and want to support the creator.

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Endoroid99 t1_iryds14 wrote

Onlyfans is kind of like interactive porn. I haven't used it a lot, but a bit. Mostly as a way to give a couple bucks to support some of the people posting for free here on Reddit. Many of them have OFs too. But I still end up spending most of my time looking at porn on Reddit.

But a lot of them also take requests, and interact with their subscribers. I'm not interested but I can see why people would want to pay to get more of a "girlfriend experience".

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thatscucktastic t1_iryzcvu wrote

> and interact with their subscribers.

No they don't. They use agencies and e-pimps to run their pages. Those agencies and e-pimps then employ third world labor to perform chatting on behalf of the model. It's a complete and utter scam. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/16/magazine/e-pimps-onlyfans.html

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Strazdas1 t1_is0cd57 wrote

>Onlyfans is kind of like interactive porn.

And thats not a good thing. It leads to parsocial relationships that have severe negative effects of your psychology.

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Virgilizartor t1_irygy4t wrote

Can't say I don't understand the reasoning, but...

sigh

If you won't get a real gf why do you want a virtual one to begin with? It's just kind of counterintuitive, but maybe that's just me.

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Mechanized1 t1_irypz95 wrote

Or they like compensating people for their work but go off.

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madbiologist42 t1_irymu41 wrote

For some people it’s ethics. They want the worker to be paid directly. It’s like buying from your local small business vs Amazon. Yeah it’s gonna cost more, and it might take longer to get it. But it is far better than supporting a corporation that potentially abuses and underpays workers.

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