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Maybe we are just going to have to agree to disagree on this one.....but I'll try a little more... I believe competition in the marketplace is a good thing, porn or otherwise.



Competition is great, but too much competition is just as damaging as too little. The porno pie hasn't gotten any bigger, but the number of people wanting a piece of it has, thus meaning smaller portions all round.

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Do you not see my point about other industries? The government has sat by and done nothing to stop merger, after merger, after merger. Look at oil for example, a handful of oil companies=high prices. Its just simple fact.



Have you ever been outside of the USA? I think you'll find that in terms of gas prices, America has some of the most reasonably priced stuff around.

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Look at the larger companies anyawy vivid, wicked, etc., that shit is fuckin garbage. I dont want them to the only ones making porn.



Yawn...typical AZT fanboi logic. Have you ever noticed how these 'shitty' feature companies like Wicked, Vivid, Digital Playground and Adam & Eve keep making tons of money and can afford to put the hottest performers under exclusive contract?

This brings me back to my original point vis a vis 'competition'. I don't believe that feature companies and gonzo companies are competing for the same dollar. There's a little crossover here and there, but by and large, feature and gonzo fans are like apples and oranges.

Gonzo is very easy to do, which is why every horny guy with a camcorder is jumping on the bandwagon in the vain hope of being the next Jules Jordan. Because of its immediacy, gonzo is also a lot more susceptible to online piracy. Feature fans want the total package, with a cohesive storyline, plus all the trimmings like commentaries and BTS...gonzo fans just want to see the fucking without any dramatic pretense or theatrical artifice.

Features, on the other hand, aren't so easy to do, and are a lot more involved than just chick, dick, sofa, suck, fuck, anal, cumshot. Plus those all-important CGI skeletons don't come cheap, either...

Gonzo companies are going to be the ones feeling the pinch, because they have no USP (Unique Selling Point).

YOU:'Hey Mr. Distributor, check out our new movie...Kelly Wells gets fucked in the ass by a black guy!'

DISTRIBUTOR:'We already have over 150 other titles wherein Ms.Wells gets sodomised by an African-American gentleman. Not interested, I'm afraid.'

STEVE HIRSCH:'Hey Mr.Distributor, check out our new movie...Sunny Leone does boy/girl hardcore for the first time!'

DISTRIBUTOR:'Holy Fucking Shit!!! Sunny Leone? I want it!!! '

That's just how it is...