• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    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.

    • AVincentInSpace@pawb.social
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      10 months ago

      i’ve heard the first one but not the second two. you wouldn’t by any chance have sources for those would you?

    • Malgas@beehaw.org
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      11 months ago

      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.)

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      11 months ago

      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.