I’m curious to know how Onlyfans has managed to thrive in the era of online free content and piracy.

I mean, why would anyone want to pay for pron when it is readily accessible or available?

And how has Onlyfans content somehow managed to escape being pirated (or has it being ripped and shared online too)? If it is being shared or is readily available, do most people not know they can also source this content free?

I suppose I’m just curious to understand the pron ecosystem and how onlyfans content has somehow circumvented the perceived pitfalls of piracy.

  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Personalized and specialized content seems to factor into it.

    Often it works out where someone pays a large sum for a specific piece of content. Afterward a gallery or video is posted for subscribers or individual purchase for much smaller sum, which gets pirated, but the real money is already kinda made.

    This is based on a friend of mine relating how their sister makes a living off OnlyFans.

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    9 months ago

    Not a connoisseur, so take what I say with a grain of salt but… Isn’t the appeal of it, the significant personal interaction? You can’t get that by ripping a couple vods. The ability to live chat (and throw paid messages their way), and have them respond, seems irreplaceable.

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      9 months ago

      That’s interesting. So the main attraction (so to speak) is the illusion of intimacy or personalisation. The actual pron just enables or caters to the illusion ?

      If Onlyfans is pirated, though, it seems to miss the main appeal of it. Nonetheless, are there dedicated trackers or search engines for the content, and does the content also give an indication of the ‘personal’ interactions?

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        9 months ago

        Listen, OnlyFans isn’t porn. It’s something entirely different.

        Let me explain. You remember when you first saw a porn vid and immediately envisioned yourself fucking the woman in place of the guy?

        Well now, there is no guy. It’s just her. And she’s only interested in you, and she’s not just being naughty with you and surprising you with nudes (sometimes free ones - sometimes very naughty free ones), but she’s also asking how your day was and telling you good morning and good night every day to the point that you almost believe her when she says your dick is so huge and she wants it inside her…

        You starting to get the picture? Porn is free because it’s porn. That’s not porn, that’s an experience.

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    9 months ago

    And how has Onlyfans content somehow managed to escape being pirated

    It hasn’t. Just check torrentgalaxy.

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      9 months ago

      You don’t even need to torrent it, there’s a couple of webpages that just have community uploaded only fans content. Like you can just lookup the person you’re interested in and most of their content is there for free

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        9 months ago

        Literally in a Telegram group that uploads the entire content of 5 not yet uploaded creators every week. At least that’s what they adviertise andnhave so far delivered. “WHAT THA FUCK” “Holy shit, yo what’s the matter? Whats happened? What’s going on?” " THERE’S SO MUCH PORN”

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    9 months ago

    Parasocial relationships and extremely niche content. Many girls will do specific roleplays. You want a girl to fart on a cake while calling you James Baxter? Someone will. Hell, someone probably specializes in it.