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[-] T156@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

A surprising amount of technological development is for pornography. Video-casettes won out because pornography used them over laserdisc or betamax.

[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

I think you meant VHS won out. Betamax was also a video cassette format.

And yes, porn had a lot to do with why VHS won!

[-] gerbler@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

VHS beat betamax because porn, dvd beat laserdisc because porn, streaming beat physical because porn.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

And secure online payments.

this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2024
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