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.

    • quams69@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      11 months ago

      Exactly, people aren’t paying for pics, they’re paying to interact with the models

        • Billegh@lemmy.worldEnglish
          38·
          11 months ago

          Not really, have you met people? Sometimes the distance of an internet connection is required to interact socially without crippling anxiety. At least here girls are getting paid to help these people instead of them going out and trying it in the outside.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        21·
        11 months ago

        And you’d need to convince the customer to share the pics to have a parasocial relationnship together.
        If you’d ask for the pics based on “fuck the talent/artist. Let’s share those pics for everyone” they’d very likely respond with “fuck off”.

  • SterbenDeathGun@lemmy.mlEnglish
    18·
    11 months ago

    OnlyFan contents are pirated and shared on a daily basis as any other media. But because there are not many requests for it (also since consuming directly on OnlyFan hits differently, as you talk with the actual girl), and in part because of NSFW nature, you will find them only if you actually search for them.

    Sure thing, you will never encounter this kind of content on common NSFW websites 😁

    • ditto [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      i’d be surprised if you’re actually talking to the actual person making the content and not an assistant they pay to manage DMs & “fan” interactions.

      Src: a friend is an OF creator who has shared that a lot of the creators usually pay for some sort of account management service after a certain level of notoriety.

      • SterbenDeathGun@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        I agree 100%, most messages are just bots, and now with the surge of AI it will be much harder to distinguish a real person from a computer.

  • bighatchester@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    11 months ago

    There is a lot of unique creators on OF and unless you have thousands of subscribers you probably aren’t going to be able to find pirated content easily. Also you can get custom content and talk directly to the creator . And from knowing people personally it’s alot more work than you think to make money on OF .

  • Lauchs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    I don’t have access to their data but my guesses are something like:

    A) Money isn’t an issue for a large number of subscribers.

    B) People like those specific models after stumbling onto them on reddit or whatnot. And while there are many other attractive women, the Onlyfans model is the one they like best.

    C) Similar to gonewild, there’s an allure to someone ostensibly being an amateur rather than a pornstar.

    D) Laziness. I imagine onlyfans really took off during the pandemic. For those who don’t really look at their credit card bills, I doubt there are other reminders.

    • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      11 months ago

      Re B: personally, I do a lot of surfing on reddit and twitter for porn (and FA and e6 and…), and follow a lot of (irl, for this topic) people, curated over the last decade+; when I’m on the hunt for something/someone new, and they have an OF or other monetization system (donations/wish lists/etc notwithstanding), I lose all interest, regardless of their visual/kink appeal. I want to be seeing people that do this content because they actively enjoy it, not as a ‘side hustle’. I want, I need those moans and squirms and cries of pleasure, to be genuine. And for a few of them, I want to be able to comment or say something to/about them (and possibly receive a reply), without the expectation of it turning into a financial transaction.

      I’m one guy in a sea of horny people, but that’s my take. I want horny because horny, not because ulterior motives.