Ice on the testicles, organic cotton boxers and no porn: welcome to “sperm-maxxing”

Lately all the obsessions that go viral have the suffix ‘maxxing’; what if he fibermaxxinghe looksmaxxinghe cozymaxxing or the solomaxxing. We can add one more: sperm-maxxing. They are men who try to improve the quality of their semen to overcome infertility. It is a healthy practice that is putting the often ignored male infertility at the center, but it is also part of the obsession with monitoring everything and following advice not backed by science. The sperm-maxxers. We recently spoke NoFap, a movement of men who have abandoned masturbation to raise your testosterone and that has a strong religious background behind it. Although with certain similarities, sperm-maxxing relies on another approach. He movement is born from the hand of creators of the world gymbro and longevity fans like Bryan Johnson (who, by the way, recently boasted of having eliminated 85% of microplastics from his sperm). These are men who already monitor sleep, exercise and have turned the quality of their sperm into another metric to control. On the other side, that of the followers, there are men who are having problems conceiving and seek to improve their fertility by following the advice of these gurus. Hacking fertility. Many sperm-maxxing tips They are very beneficial and effective, such as following a Mediterranean diet, eliminating bad habits such as tobacco or alcohol, practicing strength training and sleeping better. However, there are also very questionable ones that are not supported by science and even some that are directly harmful, such as eating large amounts of red meat. Other recommendations of dubious effectiveness include spending a fortune on all types of supplements (zinc, folic acid, coenzyme Q10…), wearing only organic cotton underwear or avoiding porn so as not to ejaculate and thus improve semen quality. The latter has a direct link with the NoFap movement and part of a study that has already been refuted; The recommendation to improve semen quality is just the opposite: ejaculate more. The cold thing. Among the craziest tips of this movement is to put ice or directly immerse the testicles in ice water. The recommendation is based on the fact that the testicles should be at a lower temperature than the body. “They are outside the body for a specific reason,” says Ramy Abou Ghayda, urologist at Legacy Sperm Bank. There is evidence that andExcessive heat in the testicles can affect sperm production. Given this, it is clear that someone thought that if it became cold it would achieve just the opposite. Spoiler: it doesn’t work like that. The lack of evidence has not stopped brands from using this belief to sell products that promise to “boost your fertility.” For example there is a company called Snowballs (sublime) and sells you two “refrigerated” underwear for the modest price of $56. There is also Underdogwhich directly sells two ice packs with an ergonomic shape to place in the crotch for $40. A real problem. All things considered, sperm-maxxing puts a real issue at the center: male fertility is in decline. A meta-analysis published in 2023 found that, between 1973 and 2018, sperm concentration had decreased by 51.6% and the total count had fallen by 62.3%. Among the causes that have caused this decrease are exposure to pollutants and endocrine disruptors, in addition to bad habits such as tobacco or alcohol consumption, an unhealthy diet, a sedentary lifestyle, stress and lack of sleep. A social issue. Male fertility problems cause between 30 and 50% of infertility cases. However, as they point out in Wiredonly men are tested in one in four casesfocusing diagnostic efforts almost exclusively on women’s infertility. They count in a Guardian report that the lack of diagnosis of male infertility leads many couples to start unnecessary IVF treatments. Male fertility has been undervalued to the point that 80% of family doctors in the United Kingdom have not received any type of training in this regard. There is clearly an information gap on the subject, one that many men are trying to fill with miracle supplements and sperm optimization metrics. Image | Xataka with Magnific In Xataka | Millionaires have invented their strangest sport: sperm races with replays and live statistics

Today the series about a porn video club with which Amazon wants to establish its own ‘Alpha Males’ arrives on Prime Video

Nines is a housewife, a conservative, and in 1998 she has just been left alone in charge of a bankrupt video store in Valladolid. The solution he finds, porn, is the starting point of ‘Pigs‘, the new original series of Prime Video what is premieres today on the platform and whose approach and style is reminiscent of the Netflix hit ‘Alpha Males’. The premise might sound like a provocative seasonal comedy, but the series has been talked about since it was presented at the Malaga Festival. The story begins when this woman played by Malena Alterio inherits from her husband in a coma a business that is in the red. To pay the bills, she decides to specialize in the only genre that makes money, porn, which changes her life and triggers a social earthquake among the neighbors in the neighborhood. With the help of the foul-mouthed video store employee and a regular customer and inveterate movie buff, he transforms the life of the city. Carlos del Hoyo, creator of the series, is also the creator along with Abril Zamora of ‘Señoras del Hampa’, where he began to experiment with black humor, situation comedy and female characters with character. ‘Cochinas’ will be released simultaneously in more than 240 countries, as part of Prime Video’s strategy to disseminate its Spanish fictions, since the figures are very promising: thanks to productions such as ‘Culpa mia’ or ‘Reina Roja’, three of the ten most viewed Spanish titles in 2023 They received 80% of their reproductions outside of Spain. The question with ‘Cochinas’ is whether a comedy so specifically rooted in the geography, language and taboos of deep Spain can work with that same export logic. We will have the answer in the coming weeks but for now, it is one more in Amazon’s extensive catalog: since Prime Video launched its first original Spanish series in 2018, ‘Little Coincidences’, the streamer has released more than thirty own productions of different genres. In Xataka | Today the animated spin-off of the platform’s only powerful franchise premieres on Netflix: ‘Stranger Things’

An app promises to free men from their “addiction” to porn. Behind it is something darker: the NoFap movement

“Embrace this pause. Reflect before you relapse.” It doesn’t refer to alcohol or drugs, but to porn. With this claim, Quittr is presented, an app for people looking for overcome your porn addiction. Although you can register as a woman, the app is clearly focused on the male audience, So I pretended to be Manuel 28 and made an account. It didn’t take me long to realize that giving up porn is the excuse to sell something else. As soon as you start, the app asks you a questionnaire about your consumption habits, such as how often you watch porn and what negative symptoms you have noticed in your life (it caught my attention that one of them was “Feeling distant from God”, this already gives clues as to where we are headed). As soon as I finished the questionnaire they already had a personalized plan for Manuel and they also promised me that by June 7 he would have stopped porn. The bad part is that it was going to cost me 31.99 euros per year, 20.99 euros if I accepted the offer. Giving up porn has a price. I haven’t paid, but I have been researching the features that Quittr offers. The app tracks your progress, which is represented by “the tree of life,” and the longer you go without porn, the more it grows. It also offers motivational exercises, has a “panic button” in case you are about to relapse, and also allows you to chat with other members of the community. Based on science, but little Both on the website and in the app itself they say several times that Quittr’s method is based on science, but let’s see if this is the case. As soon as you finish the questionnaire, a message appears that claims that pornography is a drug and that “releases a chemical in the brain called dopamine.” According to the WHO definitiona drug is “a natural or synthetic compound that acts on the central nervous system and produces alterations in the processes that regulate thoughts, emotions, perception and behavior.” Watching porn can generate pleasure, but nothing is being introduced into the body, it is a natural response. In this sense, if pornography is a drug because it “releases dopamine”, we should also consider anything that gives us pleasure a drug, from food to keeping the house tidy. What it can do is cause compulsive consumption, which we could describe as addiction, which is very different. The ICD-11 clinical guide includes “compulsive sexual behavior disorder”, but of course, that sells less. In the app’s description they also state that their method is “based on extensive research into the science of addictions,” but there is no link to any study. The NoFap movement Browsing the web, I have found that there are several influencers who promote the app. Well, they are all Christian fitness content creators such as Jeremiah Jones either Caleb Hammett. When I entered the news blog section it was already clear to me what this was about. Some of the news from Quittr’s blog. He NoFap movement It was born as a kind of support group for people who want to stop masturbation, either because they perceive it as an addiction or also for religious reasons. This idea began to become popular a few years ago and its scientific basis is a study conducted in 2003 which linked increased testosterone levels to abstinence from masturbation. The study was refuted, but continues to be cited in these circles. In the beginning, NoFap followers They were looking to increase their testosterone and improve your health, but Nowadays it has become a lifestyle with a strong religious component. In Spain we have the reference of René ZZ, whose content gave a radical turn from tattoos to religion, personal improvement and the abandonment of masturbation. Applications like Quittr or Relay They are sold as the solution to porn addiction, which is something that many people will see as positive, but they do not highlight the religious part that advocates these rigid and moralistic abstinence models. In slate They tell the story of one of these men who entered NoFap looking to quit porn and ended up trapped in a cycle of relapse and extreme shame that ended up seriously affecting his mental health. Quittr’s other secret In addition to the moralistic component that Quittr hides, there is another fact that has recently become known and it is a security problem in its app. They count in 404media that several hackers notified the creators of the app of a serious vulnerability that exposed the data of its users, among whom there are minors. The failure was no small thing. This was a bug in Google Firebase configuration that allowed anyone to authenticate as an administrator and read the database. User data includes age, how often they watch porn, and even messages about their masturbation habits. The problem is no longer that vulnerability exists, it is that Those responsible for Quittr did nothing for at least six months. The first researcher who notified the company even spoke with the founder of the app Alex Slater, who responded that he would solve it in a matter of hours, but months later it was still not solved. Finally, they reacted when 404media insisted for the third time. Image | Franco Alva in Unsplash In Xataka | There is already a European country that requires you to be 18 years old to watch porn on the Internet. And there are already a thousand ways to skip it

Lisa Ann retired from porn over a decade ago. AI has given him a second career without him having to act again

In the porn industryfew careers last as long as Lisa Ann’s. He started in adult cinema in the mid-90s and retired in 2014, more than two decades later. However, what seemed like a permanent retirement has turned out not to be because Lisa Ann is back, or rather her AI avatar. Reincorporation. They tell it in Wired. The well-known porn actress Lisa Ann has returned to the adult entertainment industry, and she has done so through OhChat, a platform like OnlyFansbut in which, instead of with real people, users interact with AI avatars. Ann, who confesses to being an AI enthusiast, thought it was a good way to continue monetizing her image without having to return to porn. “It keeps my name alive and it will never get old,” he tells Wired. Lisa Ann is not the only former porn actress on the platform, there are also others like Cherie Deville, Tera Patrick or Brandi Love. The Onlyfans of AI. In OhChat, users pay an amount depending on the interaction they seek with the avatar. For $5 you can have unlimited text conversations, but if you want to have images and audio you have to go up to $10, although with limitations. To get all the unlimited content the cost is $30. Each creator has their own subscription, just like OnlyFans, and the company keeps 20%. There are other apps like Joi AI, SinfulX.AI and My.Club that offer similar content. Not just porn (but almost all porn). OhChat has already reached 400,000 users and has more than 350 creators (almost all women), although only 193 appear to us. Each avatar is marked with an icon indicating whether it offers explicit, topless, or ‘sexy’ content. The latter is what other types of profiles offer, such as the well-known actress Carmen Elektra or even influencers. However, the explicit content far exceeds the more restrained one; Doing a search we only found 35 avatars that offer sexy content and 109 that make explicit sexual content. Consensual deepfakes. The sexual deepfakes They have been making headlines for a long time now, there have been fines and even the government wants to regulate them. We recently witnessed the case of Grok and how filled X with photos of naked womenall without the consent of those affected, of course. Platforms like OhChat are presented as a way to create and monetize these deepfakes, without intermediaries. For creators, it is a way to generate passive income and, in the case of well-known profiles like Lisa Ann, continue exploiting their image without having to get in front of a camera. AI Relationships. This is just one more example of a trend that is increasingly gaining more presence, and that is People are making connections with AI. There are those who engage a friendly relationshipwho is looking for a romantic or, as in this case, simply sexual connection. Which In 2013 it was the plot of that great movietoday it is a reality for many people: AI has become an accompaniment and many companies have seen a business there. Image | Wikipedia, OhChat In Xataka | There are people cheating on their partners. Everything normal except because they are doing it with an AI

I spent 8 hours a day watching porn to train the AI. Today he leads the workers union that fights against that

Spend a workday tagging porn there’s nothing fun about it. Content moderators They have been denouncing terrible working conditions for years and now The same thing is happening with data labeling to train AI. In 404media They tell the story of Michael Geoffrey, a Kenyan who spent months working for two AI companies, until they completely destroyed his mental health. The jobs. Michael stayed in front of his computer for eight hours watching porn, describing what was happening in the images in great detail. It was no affiliation, but rather he worked for a data labeling company that then used all those descriptions to train AI models. When the day was over, his second job awaited him at a sexual AI chatbot company. In this job, Michael had to maintain sexual conversations with users, adopting whatever role was necessary each time; I had to pretend to be a man, a woman, straight, homosexual… and of course adapt to the context in each conversation. Behind the AI. Although they have the last name IA, in reality These sexbots have a lot of human work behind them. That is, when someone talks to their girlfriend or boyfriend AIyou may be talking to a real person. Michael wrote his testimony and said that he had to fake intimate connections with anonymous users. Their interactions were then used to train the AI. In the case of data labeling, workers are exposed to all types of content, some extremely violent. For example, for AI to be able to detect content of sexual abuse and violence, these workers must see thousands of images of abuse and extreme violence, and all for ridiculous salaries. In a Time reportthey said that one of these companies paid between 1.3 and 2 dollars net per hour. The consequences. After several months on the job, Michael suffered from insomnia, stress and began to have problems having sexual relations. He tells 404media that “there came a point where my body no longer responded. When I saw someone naked, I didn’t even feel anything.” Endless hours, exposure to very unpleasant content and very low salaries. Some claim that it is like a form of modern slavery. The companies behind. One of them is Sama, a San Francisco-based company that defines itself as “the perfect example of ethical AI.” It’s the company that paid 2 dollars an hour. Another company that has also been at the center of the controversy is Remotasks, a Scale AI subsidiaryone of the largest labeling companies. It was founded by Alexandr Wang, current head of AI at Meta. By Remotasks it is said that he pays late and often not the amount that was originally promised. These and other similar companies They are outsourced by OpenAIGoogle, Meta and more to train your AI models. The workers organize. Currently, Michael is the secretary of the Data Labelers Association of Kenyaan organization that wants to give voice and make visible the work of these underpaid and invisible workers. Other organizations have also been created such as African Content Moderators and Tech Workers who demand better working conditions and resources to care for the mental health of workers. In Xataka | People Blaming ChatGPT for Causing Delusions and Suicides: What’s Really Happening with AI and Mental Health Image | Data Labelers Association

We joke about porn at ChatGPT, but it’s the most lucid financial move OpenAI has had in a long time

There are people so hooked on AI who needs professional help to get out of there. Others they fall in love with one and even they cheat on their partners. In the midst of the debate about the effects of AI on mental healthOpenAI took a radical turn: would allow erotic content on ChatGPT. Porn on ChatGPT is on the decline, and it may be the push OpenAI needs to start monetizing its invention. adult mode. They count in The Verge A few days ago the head of OpenAI applications confirmed the approximate date for the arrival of this new mode. The adult mode was expected to be ready for this month of December, but apparently they do not have the age prediction system ready yet, so it will arrive sometime in the first quarter of 2026. Rudder turn. The measure represents a turn in Altman’s speech, which in August of this year He was “proud of not making a sexbot to squeeze profits”, in which many of us saw a swipe at Elon Musk and his competitor Grok. His change of position provoked criticism from many users, to which responded saying that Open AI was not “the world’s moral police” and that “as AI becomes more important in people’s lives, giving them the freedom to use it as they wish is an important part of our mission.” Subscriptions. Only one word is needed to understand the change in position: money. If there is something that OpenAI needs as May water, it is money, a lot of money. The subscriptions They were proposed as the most logical way to monetize AI chatbots, but the reality is that of the 1.8 billion users that ChatGPT has, only 3% pay any of the subscriptions. OpenAI’s plan is that by 2030 the number of subscribers will increase by at least 8.5% and adult mode is part of that plan. A sector that moves millions. Grok is one of the AI ​​chatbots that has fewer restrictions regarding erotic content, but there are more apps like Character.Ai or Replika that also allow sexual content. They count in The Economist that the adult content AI market will bill $2.5 billion in 2025 and is expected to increase 27% annually until at least 2028. It is too juicy a business to be left out, even if that means going against what he said just a few months ago. Something more will be needed. Sam Altman himself recently said that OpenAI’s spending projections over the next eight years amount to $1.4 trillion (European trillions, add twelve zeros). Although the adult mode was a success and they managed to double their subscribers, There is still a long way to go to achieve the desired profitability. OpenAI has other open fronts such as the creation of the highly anticipated “AI iPhone” or robotics, but they are businesses that require a huge investment. The advertising It is emerging as another path to follow and, together with porn, they seem to be the two most realistic and effective ideas of all those that OpenAI has on the table. Image | Unsplash In Xataka | OpenAI has lost $11.5 billion in a single quarter. Sam Altman doesn’t like to be reminded

A man had access to the Government’s nuclear secrets. Until he uploaded thousands of porn photos to his work computer

Using your work computer for personal things is a delicate area that can be reason for dismissal. This worker from the US Department of Energy has discovered it by force after uploading hundreds of thousands of pornographic images on his company computer. What has happened? They tell it in 404Medium. In March 2023, the employee wanted to back up his photo collection. He thought he was uploading the images to his personal hard drive, but it was connected to his work computer and he ended up making the copy where it wasn’t. The problem is that it was not a normal collection of photos, but more than 187,000 pornographic images that he had been collecting over several decades. Although he did not lose his job, his mistake has had consequences and the main one is that he has lost his security clearance. To train AI. The employee defended himself by arguing that this happened during a depressive episode in which he felt “extremely isolated and alone.” One of his distractions at this stage was creating images with AI, specifically “robotic porn.” At first he used his cell phone, but tired of using such a small screen, he thought it was a good idea to upload all his pornographic images to the computer to train the AI. The problem is that he did not upload them to his hard drive, but rather they ended up on the network of a government company. Goodbye accreditation. The employee did not realize his mistake until six months later. It was the time it took his bosses to investigate the origin of that enormous amount of porn photos flooding their servers. The result was that his security clearance was withdrawn. The Department of Energy is the in charge of supervising the US nuclear arsenalso we are talking about access to very sensitive information. The worker appealed to get it back, but after an exhaustive investigation, they decided not to return it. If he had not appealed, the story would not have been made public. My boss spies on me. It is one of the reasons that the man presented in his appeal, which compared the investigation to “the Spanish Inquisition.” What does the law say about this? According to expertsAlthough they let us use it for personal things, we should not expect to have privacy on a company-owned computer. Some companies even pre-install software to measure the time employees work. Control programs. Can they force you to install one of these programs? A few years ago we talked about installing software to control the work of remote employees and Joaquín Muñoz, an expert lawyer in digital law, resolved our doubt: the company cannot force us to install a program of this type if the computer we use to work is ours, but if it belongs to the company they can do so. Of course, they are obliged to report in detail about all the functions of said software. Image | Gemini In Xataka | “These are things that a university student would get in trouble for”: Deloitte scammed Australia with a report made with AI

There are people who are dedicated to moderating porn in places like chaturbate. And some are demanding for psychological trauma

If we talk about adult content sites, Chaturbate not only has one of the most names, it is also one of the most popular free webcams platforms around the world. Today It is news Because one of its moderators has sued the company. The reason: suffers post -traumatic stress. The case. Neal Barber was hired by Bayside Support Services and Multi Media LLC, the company that owns Chaturbate, in 2020 as a “customer service risk supervisor” (moderator). His work is to review the content that is published and make sure that he meets legality. On July 22, Barber filed a lawsuit where he assures that he suffers psychological trauma for being exposed to “extreme, violent, graphic and sexually explicit content” daily. Although for now only Barber appears in the complaint, the case opens the door for other moderators hired in the last four years to join. Unprotected. Moderators are the first line of defense to stop the illegal content, which according to demand, in chaturbate often includes “child exploitation, non -consensual, violent, obscene or self -harm content.” Barber claims that chaturbate does not protect the mental health of its employees, something that is sector standard. In statements a 404 averagea chaturbate representative ensures that the company “deeply values the work of its moderators and is committed to supporting the team responsible for this fundamental work,” but does not say how they plan to do it. Consequences. Without any protection, the plaintiff developed posttraumatic stress syndrome and is currently under treatment. Being exposed daily to this content “designed to cause trauma” has resulted in, according to your lawyer, “vivid nightmares, emotional distancing, panic attacks and other symptoms compatible with post -traumatic stress disorder.” And it is not the only one. Years fighting. Content moderators have been complaining about working conditionsespecially of the impact that causes them at the psychological level, and we are not talking about adult content platforms, it occurs in soft content apps that we see every day. One of the first cases It happened in 2017when two employees of the Microsoft online security team reached the limit after watching a video of a rape and subsequent murder. In 2020 A moderator denounced YouTube And in 2021 too It happened in Tiktok. The reasons are repeated: the platforms failed to protect the mental health of their employees. At the moment, Goal faces demands in Kenya And also In Barcelona for the psychological consequences and bad working conditions. Solutions. There are already protections for moderators, but not all companies apply them. In the demand, chaturbate is accused of not including some standard practices such as “content filters, breaks for well -being, specialized advice or support systems among colleagues”. Nor do they comply with other usual practices such as putting videos on grays or silence the videos that are reproduced automatically. According to Checkstepa company dedicated to moderation, AI can also be an effective solution to reduce exposure. In addition to accelerating work, integrating advanced recognition systems, moderators can “focus on more complex cases and minimize exposure to potentially harmful material.” In Xataka | Meta follows the steps of X: we not only work writing for her, now we will also work moderating her

The age verification to see porn starts in the United Kingdom. The question is how

There was a time when the user only had to click on the “I am older than 18 years” button to access any porn page without problems. It is a measure whose effectiveness could easily put into question and that, from today, is the thing of the past, At least in the United Kingdom. Because from today, July 25, all websites that house pornographic content will have to implement “strict age controls.” And no, the United Kingdom does not seem willing to walk with little girls. Eh, kid, how old are you? According to exposes OFCOM (the Regulatory Agency for the United Kingdom Communications Services), “Until now it has been too easy for children to see harmful content”, including pornography. According to the agency, 8% of children between eight and 14 access this type of websites at least once a month, although more striking it turns out that 3% of children between eight and nine years old do. To stop this situation, the United Kingdom approved in 2023 the Online Safety Acta set of laws that “imposes a series of new obligations on social media companies and search services, making them more responsible for the safety of their users on their platforms.” Among them, indeed, age verification. Pornhub age verification systems, XVIDEOS, XNXX and Stripchat | Image: Xataka As? Ofcom ensures that their function is not to prevent adults from accessing legal pornography, but preventing minors from doing so. To do this, platforms and apps will have to have an age verification process that is “technically precise, solid, reliable and fair.” What methods exactly? Ofcom proposes seven: Estimation of the facial age: The user shows his face in a photo or video and is analyzed to estimate age. Banking verification: The verification service accesses the bank information and confirms whether the owner of the account is of legal age Digital Identity Services: In the European Union it would be, for example, Eid. Credit card verification: since only of legal age can have a credit card. Estimation based on the age of an email: The user provides an email and the technology analyzes the online services in which it has been used, as banks or public service providers, to estimate age. Age verification through the network operator: The verification system proves that there are no age filters applied to the mobile phone. Comparison of identity documents with photography: A photo of an official document and a normal photo are uploaded and compared to verify the age. Needless to say, companies will not only have to implement these systems, but to take action on the matter in the event that users try to skip them. One of the reasonable doubts can be the use of a VPN To access from another country. Using VPNS is not illegal and, therefore, remains in the hands of parents or guardians control the use that minors can make of them. It is undoubtedly the weak point of the system. The sanctions. In the event that a platform does not implement the required measures, ofcom can impose sanctions of up to 18 million pounds or 10% of total revenues worldwide, which is greater. Moreover, in certain cases, ofcom can ask a court to impose sanctions through third parties AKA request that a telecommunications operator block or restrict access to the web. The challenge is on social platforms, which will also have to implement the necessary measures to avoid access to harmful content Harmful content. Avoid access to porn, yes, but also to the harmful content such as related to eating disorders, suicide or self -inflicted damage. That content is not on the porn websites, but It can be found on much more mundane platforms such as WhatsApp, Discord, Reddit, Instagram, Tiktok, X, Facebook or YouTube. These platforms will also have to implement the corresponding measures, which is a capital challenge whose tour is still to be seen. Among the platforms that have already taken measures are Pornhubother minor pornographic sites, Bluesky, Discord, Grindr, Reddit and X. Ofcom is aware that social networks are an important gateway to porn and He thinks that “algorithms must be controlled and configured for children, so that the most harmful material is blocked.” This is what, from now on, you will see all British users by accessing Pornhub | Image: Xataka Therefore, from the agency they have launched a review program on Facebook, Instagram, Roblox, Snapchat, Tiktok and YouTube. Through this program, ofcom analyzes “if they have effective means to know who their children’s users are; how to identify their content moderation tools the types of harmful content for children; the effectiveness with which they have configured their algorithms to block the most harmful content in the feeds of children; and how they have prevented children from being contacted by unknown adults.” A global trend. Attempts to limit access to porn by minors are not new. They have centuries among usin fact, but in recent years they have intensified. The clearest example has it on our own borders with the Beta Digital Portfolio (better known as “pajorto”) and with the European proposal Framed in eidas2. Cover image | Xataka In Xataka | France is the most radical country against technology among children. And now it plans something extreme: prohibit social networks

The technological one that generates more money is not Apple or Nvidia or Amazon. It is a porn boutique: Onlyfans

Onlyfans produces 37.6 million dollars per employee if we divide their income among their number of workers, according to the detailed report he has published Mutiples.vc. It is a figure that destroys any comparison with technological giants. Why is it important. The adult content platform has perfected something that the rest of the technology industry pursues without so successful: extract the maximum possible value with the minimum necessary resources. Apple generates 2.4 million per employee. Goal, 2.2 million. Amazon, just $ 400,000. In figures. Only Tether, the cryptocurrency company, exceeds Onlyfans with 83 million per employee. Then comes Onlyfans. Then an abyss to Valve with 19 million. The rest of the great technological ones go wrong in the photo that compares them. Another business. The model. Onlyfans has built a money printing machine with just a few hundred employees managing 315 million users and 5.3 million creators. Its profit margin touched 49% in 2024, on net income of 1.6 billion dollars. The company takes 20% of everything that creators invoice. Without producing content, without assuming creative risks, without large technological infrastructure. It is pure optimized intermediation to the extreme. Yes, but. Onlyfans dominates a market where concentration is wild. 70% of payments go to 10% of creators. The average creator enters less than $ 150 per month. It is a mARKETPlace ruthless where a few gain fortunes and most subsist. Between the lines. While the great technology hire armies of engineers, designers and executives to compete for attention, Onlyfans solved the problem in another way: to create a space where demand pays directly for specific content. Without complex algorithms, without thorough moderation, without competing for advertisers. The company now seeks an assessment of 8,000 million dollars. It would be just an X10 with respect to its annual benefits, a conservative figure for any technological. But Onlyfans is not any technological company: it is the clearest demonstration that efficiency matters more than size. PUNTEDED. In Xataka | I have cloned the Instagram profile to create a +18 account with my photos and ask for money like Onlyfans Outstanding image | Onlyfans, Xataka

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