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Bro if you're having a hard time finding porn on the Internet, the problem is you!
Advertisers don't like it, and won't advertise where there's porn. Advertisers pay for most of these websites' existence. They capitulate to the demands.
Every porn site I've ever been too is loaded with ads so they can't be too bad. I will admit almost every ad is for other porn sites/scams
Don’t forget about payment processors like visa that can enforce restrictions on NSFW content
What kind of gourmet shit are you hunting for?
Gourmet shit, obviously.
Scat Apps hate this one simple trick!
You are doing internet wrongly.
-> pornhub.com
-> xvideos.com
An adjacent question that you brought to mind, why are people so intent on using “apps” for everything. It feels as if browsers have been all but forgotten despite filling the same role, but often better.
On the one hand you're right, but on the other I feel like a lot of stuff has become browser based (like text editors, code editors, even music editors and perhaps video editors someday), all thanks to Web Assembly and how complex a lot of web apps have become.
It feels like people use everyday stuff through apps, and more complex stuff through browsers nowadays. Roles may slowly invert at some point if it keeps going this way.
Everything that should be an app has become a web page and everything that should be a web page has become an app
Oh my god this is perfect. That's exactly the state of things.
Because a lot of websites still look and function really bad on mobile devices, and a lot of people nowadays only have mobile devices.
Advertising is the big one. Many companies simply don't want to advertise anywhere where porn is present even if it's segregated.
Payment processors is the next big one. Most processors won't service porn sites which makes it hard to collect money for sites with porn. You get stuck with worse service and higher rates.
Legal compliance is another big problem. Lots of countries have lots of different laws and operating a porn website can get you in trouble in places you weren't aware of if you aren't careful. You need to verify ages, and consent of both users and models. In some countries simply looking younger than 18/whatever age can be a problem.
Overall if a site has mixed content, it can be much less hassle and much more income to drop the porn if there's sufficient non-porn content.
Competition is so cutthroat. If you started a new porn service today there would CSAM on your servers tomorrow.
Would it be actionable? Diubtful. Not to say it isn't happening out there but these incidents are largely competition playing dirty.
I base this on nothing. Welcome to the internet.
I claim you are completely wrong. You clearly have no idea what you are talking. Based on my feelings, so I'm right.
I think a lot of folks are forgetting that Visa and MC are prudes and gatekeep money.
… and here I am, actively blocking porn or porn-adjacent shit on Lemmy.
Am I the only one who has seen absolutely no porn on lemmy ever? I haven’t had to block any but I would if I saw it. Where are you guys seeing this?
When you signed up, did you select "Show NSFW content?"
That might be it. I can’t remember but it would explain why I don’t see any porn.
that's your choice, and that's entirely fine. but it's different when a platform deliberately makes it inaccessible.
I like porn. I'm a fan. But I'm with you on that. If I want it, I know where to get it. It's not really why I'm here.
Also, it really ruins it for me that because it's all user -contributed, it feels like being recommended porn by a creepy, off-puttingly thirsty highschooler. Given the demographics in places like this, that may actually be somewhat close to reality
I can understand why a person has no interest in it and I personally don't need to access it but I also don't really care if it available. I do not become offended if it is available.
In reality I am far more uncomfortable with violent content yet they seem to get far less attention then porn.
Same, Its not that i don’t like porn but i got tired of blocking every instance of furry porn; like how many do you need?
It isn't advertising friendly, that's why. Also online children protection act or some such law.
Please put the NSFW tag on the post.
Then we can talk about the good stuff.
no, then it would be too easy for op to access
Porn is easier to access than it's ever been, unless you live in a country with heavy internet censorship
I've got a few theories:
My guess is that certain companies are concerned about repercussions related to porn related content due to an impending buyout or IPO. Personally I don't blame them.
Advertisers hate it, payment providers hate it.
Fediverse has recently been attacked by CP spammers, and instances like the one I'm on has actually shut off image sharing all together.
Moderation is a problem globally, even if this content slips through automated filtering there will always be exposure, and always people affected. And unfortunately the tolerance for CP or even copyrighted content is precisely zero due to public backlash and the news articles.
Exactly. There are a lot of sketchy porn related businesses, and porn is ripe with abuse. Also, porn sites have a moderation problem. It is difficult to verify that the videos people upload don't contain CP (it's hard to tell someone's age just by looking at them), rape, if the people actually consented to the video being uploaded etc. PH decided to just delete all non-verified uploaders, and it is understandable why.
A lot of businesses just don't want to be associated with that, or have to moderate that, or have any involvement. And this also affects their relationship with other businesses.
Actually a skill issue.
Seriously, don’t even leave this site, just go to the search bar and look up whatever you’re into, there’s probably a comm specifically for it. Even you sounding freaks.
Because people don't want to look at other people's unusual niche kinks and try to identify if it contains children or other non-consenting participants as a part of their employment. And then try to explain to the people about why the unusual niche is against the rules when they receive a complaint about its removal. Amongst so many other reasons.
Programs and apps on the internet are not simple things and user-generated content can be a very malicious and dangerous thing to have a copy of. The legal risk alone is not worth it, let alone the effort required to enable a slightly easier masturbatory experience for total strangers.
I see so much porn on this site lemmy alone... scroll by new and hot, and you find tons of it... it's actually kind of annoying how often I see naked chicks and dicks and more on this site compared to others that do good at censoring it from the front pages...
Huh, I never see porn, but then I sort by the 12 hour thing.
Yeah, if I sort by new, or hot, I will get plenty of boob/vag images.. not that I'm hating, I believe women should be able to post this is they want, but I also am not a huge porn consumer as woman myself.. it's just not my bag. Lol so it can be a little surpriseing to see full bodies after reading musk foiled Ukrainian plans, the Wisconsin GOP trying to impeach an elected (D) supreme court judge, and then bam! Crotch shot lmao 🤣😂