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[–] T156@lemmy.world 18 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

A surprising amount of technological development is for pornography. Video-casettes won out because pornography used them over laserdisc or betamax.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 14 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I think you meant VHS won out. Betamax was also a video cassette format.

And yes, porn had a lot to do with why VHS won!

[–] gerbler@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

VHS beat betamax because porn, dvd beat laserdisc because porn, streaming beat physical because porn.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

And secure online payments.