• Semi-Hemi-Demigod
    27•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.

      • @ilikecoffeeEnglish
        4•11 months ago

        Risky click of the day (kinda)…

    • The Picard ManeuverOP
      11•11 months ago

      Hmm… could a substantial percentage of the population develop a fetish for curing cancer during our lifetime? That would be awesome.

      • @meliaesc
        4•11 months ago

        We usually call them scientists or researchers, but yes…

    • @Aggravationstation
      2•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.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•11 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?