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I would urge anyone who has strong opinions on this issue to look into the way that credit cards, banks, and processors handle transactions. For those of you who haven't heard of Operation Choke Point, please google it for an eye-opening look at how certain parties can exercise control over adult content they find 'objectionable' by tightening the screws on the financial industry.

To those of you who say, "switch processors", the number of processors (and banks) willing to work with adult content is not measured in the dozens. We don't get to shop around. There are four in North America.

The fact is that adult content in many countries is strictly regulated, not by laws, but by policies on what people are allowed to pay for.

It's clear from the conversation here that it's an issue that raises a lot of passion in people, as censorship rightly should. I sympathize with those who make arguments that we should do better. Ultimately, if there was an easy way to cut through this knot of regulation, we'd take it. Barring that option, we are resolved to make changes slowly, in the right direction, and take whatever opportunities are available to push the envelope.

That won't be enough for everyone, but I think most people will appreciate that we're working with what's possible, rather than what's ideal.