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SoloPenguin13 t1_j72ilvy wrote

This is literally like when OnlyFans and Tumblr had the audacity to say they didnt want their sites to be used for porn. And then when they realized they were about to lose 80% of their revenue they dropped a "uuh oopsy doopsy we made a fucky wucky. Please dont stop paying us."

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RaVashaan t1_j7318qr wrote

Well at least in the case of OnlyFans. Tumblr, on the other hand, was sold off by Verizon for pennies on the dollar of what they paid for it. And the buyer is still sticking with the "no porn for me!" idea.

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Archwizard_Drake t1_j73bs0m wrote

Not quite as much anymore. The Tumblr porn ban has been alleviated in the last few months, if not altogether repealed. Basically as long as you're 18+ and it's not a video showing you jacking off, free game.

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RhesusFactor t1_j73yz04 wrote

The porn came back to tumblr but the users didn't.

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Archwizard_Drake t1_j74dums wrote

It conveniently happened at the same time Musk started pushing his stupid Twitter policies, so quite a few jumped back.

Not as big as the exodus when the ban started but, fairly large.

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petershrimp t1_j73npqk wrote

Yeah, but now my Tumblr keeps getting followed by porn bots every other day.

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Sparrowsabre7 t1_j73qrfz wrote

Hold strong brother, we shall win this war against these feckless machines. Though we may struggle daily ours, is a valiant cause.

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LightAsvoria t1_j74g3fk wrote

Wish they actually dealt with the porn bots though, would make the sanitized experience cozy at least

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PTEHarambe t1_j72n6x3 wrote

It's almost as if these massive corporations don't give a fuck about anything except taking your money

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AndringRasew t1_j731i0o wrote

How strange! I thought they were supposed to be the moral paragons of our age. No... No... It's the kids that are wrong.

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SoloPenguin13 t1_j733nyc wrote

Which is why it makes negative amounts of sense to suddenly remove the reason people give you money. Then for months as the internet tell you over and over that they will fuck off, you wait till right before the official change to be like. "I was just goofin. We do a little trolling. Lets just pretend this never happened ay?"

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PTEHarambe t1_j739pmj wrote

Then when they get repeatedly called out for the lies they say "but we changed cause we cared about you"

Then why did you lie?

(Surprised Pikachu face)

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3AD_EhSeaPee t1_j73b1ww wrote

Except they don't anymore, they also care about their ESG score. That's likely why we've seen companies acting strangely lately, especially in the entertainment/Hollywood sphere.

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LouisIsGo t1_j73qjyn wrote

The difference being, Netflix still plans on following through with this policy. The new rules are already in effect elsewhere, and they will be in effect in the US eventually. (Unless Netflix has a change of plans, anyway... them taking down a site that was published too early as the article describes is not that, sadly.)

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scalpingsnake t1_j73dgqe wrote

Did onlyfans actually plan to remove porn though? I always thought they were just attempting to open their site up to more people and do what Patreon does but not actually ban porn.

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SoloPenguin13 t1_j73hj79 wrote

Something about payments. They used Mastercard for payment and for some reason, Mastercards shareholders suddenly had a moral code. They didnt want Mastercard to be associated with a purely pornographic site. Then the internets obvious reactions made them reel back last minute.

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tizuby t1_j74ys47 wrote

Yeah, not a whole lot you can do if the payment processors decide "fuck you" (it was both Visa and Mastercard), at least not as a for-profit business.

It's basically a proverbial death sentence.

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