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Originally Posted by tony404
The whole recession proof thing was for bars and porn shops not the net. I think gas goes up to 4 bucks a gallon we are going to take a hit. You dont need new porn to jack off and as much as he may want it,if the credit card is maxed and the check account to dry because he had to pay $120 to fill up his truck to go to work. It aint going to happen.
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What works against us is the economic system. You're right we're overly dependent on credit cards and in a crunch those do max out. Now what you'll see is free porn sites boom, but the conversions really go to shit.
I would be slightly concerned about internet access, but I actually think most people who have it and are used to it give up their land line telephone before they give up internet. You can dump a land line in favor of voip easily right now.
Use something like I do with tmo's hotspot@home service and even my cellphone voice calls and SMSs goes thru my internet router when i'm at home. now not only does that mean i have 5 bars even in my basement, but those calls have unlimited minutes regardless of the time of day or night.
my point there is there are ways to use the internet to SAVE money in other places. drop HBO and just grab your favorite premium programming off of torrents or newsgroups for instance.
there's an opportunity that gets created in these scenarios. the opportunity is for discounters. i would think a recession might actually be catalyst to reduce subscription costs to many sites, that in turn could turn internet porn's economic system upside down. that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing as i consider it broken as is, and i have for years.