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The Backlash Is So Strong That People With “Pervert Glasses” Are Afraid to Use Them in Public (tech.yahoo.com)

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[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They used to say that porn was the real driver of technology for home video.

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[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago

The porn industry makes like three times as much money as Hollywood. They were right.

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 child)

it was one of the things that decided vhs vs betamax.

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[–] borkborkbork@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago*

betamax (sony) wanted licensing fees from everyone and VHS (everyone else) wanted to win.

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