For more than a century the commercial sex industry has periodically reinvented itself through technological change. The arrival of photography transformed the economics of erotic imagery in the nineteenth century. Home video altered the distribution of adult films in the late twentieth century. Streaming platforms then dismantled the physical media business that once sustained an entire studio system in places such as the San Fernando Valley. Yet none of these transitions altered the power structure of the industry as radically as the rise of subscription based digital platforms in the late 2010s and early 2020s.
Continue reading this article
Join Business Upturn — India’s fastest growing business news network
Try Free
Read this article free
- Sign up in 30 seconds
- Read this article right now
- Get our daily briefing
Go Premium
Unlimited access, all portals
- 100% ad-free experience
- India, US, Asia, Sports & Trade portals
- Cancel anytime
From ₹9/day 58% OFF annual
Subscribe Now →