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[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (2 children)

youtube and facebook runs on pornhub. well said

[–] RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, video streaming was AFAIK pioneered by porn sites, though not necessarily pornhub, but it could be seen as a representative

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

oh yeah, the early html5 video days

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Pretty sure YT started off using FlashPlayer

[–] merari42@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Technically at least YouTube shorts and other short video formats run on people who try to grab attention to market their onlyfans.