Netflix doco -Money Shot: The Pornhub Story (why they call it a film?) throws this question to some porn stars -women using ice dildo, eight-person geriatric gang bang - answers are interesting. Then, Money Shot shows a quick history of erotic content’s evolution from video tapes to the internet. Undoubtedly, almost everyone needs this private space to freely immerse themselves in their hot moods. There lies the huge potential of the porn industry. Netflix doc explores the growth of MindGeek, the Canadian company which started as a tube site to watch free porn, and how anti-porn activists raised issues against its so-called malpractices to mint money.

Many adult performers talk about it. Quite extensively, I got bored watching it. Everybody hits the same subject and similar issues. Director Suzanne Hillinger doesn’t make an attempt to move out. The camera is stuck indoors.

In its simplest terms, Pornhub is an online marketplace for sex where pornography is legal. Porn artists upload their profiles there and user pay and watch porn, fairly consensual. Issues surfaced when some minor girls complained about their naked videos being uploaded to the Website without consent. It got accelerated when The Children of Pornhub, an article came in NY Times. MindGeek’s moderators say they had to verify almost 800 videos daily, making it hard for them to fully comply with the policy. Also, take-down requests will hang on the site for days due to time constraints, during which videos might have been seen by millions of users. #Traffickinghub social media campaign claimed Pornhub involve in human trafficking. This was strongly condemned by MindGeek. Money Shot has the trial visuals.

When MasterCard and Visa withdrew services from Pornhub, the porn performers struggled to find a living. They were allowed to monetize their content from 2018 only when Pornhub had been making huge incomes through advertisements and promotions since early 2010.

What’s notable in the doc is most of the lady porn artists have no complaints against MindGeek. Someone caught my eye is passionate Modelhub BBW star, Gwen Adora. And the other one is a meticulous, sexy dick rating service.