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by codeAligned 642 days ago
> In many ways OF feels like a positive step because it allows the removal of toxic middlemen that stand between the model and their customer.

Wait, are you intentionally ignoring the fact that OF is the middleman? Because it definitely is, making about 1 billion dollars off of 5 billion dollars of transactions. Or are you saying OF is a "good non-toxic middleman".
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not2b 641 days ago
If OnlyFans is taking a 20% cut and Apple is taking a 30% cut of transactions on their platform, it seems that Apple is 50% more toxic than OnlyFans.

I've never done business with them and am not interested in buying that kind of content, but it certainly seems like an improvement over any more traditional sex-related work for those who are interested in being in that market.

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afavour 641 days ago
I don’t know the ins and outs (pun intended) of Onlyfans but it certainly seems considerably less toxic than a lot of pornography producers, based on past stories I’ve read. If your numbers are correct a 20% take is orders of magnitude better than previous arrangements.
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