My thing is what has happened this decade? Did men get more desperate? Did women get smarter? Do men have more disposable income now so they pay for this stupid shyt instead of the straight up sex?
This is actually something me and my boys were talking about the other day. I think there are a convergence of factors that have allowed Only Fans and its imitators get very big, primarily:
1. The Shut down of Backpage
2. Rise of fintech and digital payments facilitated by the smartphone
3. Rise of subscription services (Netflix, HBO etc)
4. Social media followings
5. Relatively healthy US Economy.
Essentially OFs allowed women, who would have been posting casually on BP, an avenue to commercialize their social media followings by utilizing improved tech and digital payments platforms.