Can’t track it down now but I remember reading that the adoption of the printing press happened so quickly because demand for a certain collection of erotic stories was super high and it made printing ridiculously profitable. Porn again.
My recollection is that porn companies initially backed HD-DVD. I distinctly remember thinking it would win for that reason.
Blu-ray won at least partially because the PS3 was the cheapest next-gen optical player, while Xbox360 didn’t support HD-DVD without an expensive add-on. (And stand-alone players for either were very expensive.)
VHS was chosen over Betamax because of porn.
Bluray was chosen over HD-DVD because of porn.
Streaming video got figured out because of porn.
Porn drives technology forward.
🎶 The internet is for porn
🎵 The internet is for porn
🎶 So grab your dick and double-click
🎵 PORN PORN PORN
Risky click of the day (kinda)…
Hmm… could a substantial percentage of the population develop a fetish for curing cancer during our lifetime? That would be awesome.
We usually call them scientists or researchers, but yes…
Can’t track it down now but I remember reading that the adoption of the printing press happened so quickly because demand for a certain collection of erotic stories was super high and it made printing ridiculously profitable. Porn again.
My recollection is that porn companies initially backed HD-DVD. I distinctly remember thinking it would win for that reason.
Blu-ray won at least partially because the PS3 was the cheapest next-gen optical player, while Xbox360 didn’t support HD-DVD without an expensive add-on. (And stand-alone players for either were very expensive.)
i’ve heard the first one but not the second two. you wouldn’t by any chance have sources for those would you?