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   kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Friday, 04-Oct-2024 23:23:10 JST kaia
   imagine trying to push a product called "betamax" on young men
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     rocc@misskey.bubbletea.dev's status on Friday, 04-Oct-2024 23:35:26 JST Rocc

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     @kaia@brotka.st well they tried but the material young men are interested in tended to be released mostly on VHS.
     
     
     
     I have no idea if that's actually factual. The long standing lore is that the porn industry going with VHS is what made the format win.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 04-Oct-2024 23:45:36 JST 翠星石

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     @Rocc @kaia The reason why the VHS format "won" despite being of lower quality was for two main reasons; the player cost and the runtime.
     
     VHS players needed less expensive components than betamax players and therefore VHS players could be sold cheaper and people would clearly just go for the cheaper player if they weren't concerned about the quality difference.
     
     Also, it was possible to actually fit a whole baseball game on a VHS tape unlike a betamax tape, same as any long running video, thus long running videos tended to be released on VHS instead of multiple beatmax tapes.
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     anna in hexile (anna@hexile.witches.live)'s status on Friday, 04-Oct-2024 23:51:19 JST anna in hexile

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     @Suiseiseki @kaia @Rocc correct, as usual. there were plenty of betamax pornos. being able to fit a whole sports game like baseball or american football was also huge. it also cost less to license, since sony has always been all about trying to trap people into their proprietary formats they dominate and charge exhorbitant fees for (see also: memory stick)
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     Chirayu :verified: :twit: (mountdiscovery@twit.social)'s status on Friday, 04-Oct-2024 23:53:36 JST Chirayu :verified: :twit:

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     @kaia it's no wonder, Very Handsome Son won

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     Oblomov (oblomov@sociale.network)'s status on Saturday, 05-Oct-2024 00:06:37 JST Oblomov

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     @kaia context is everything. Imagine claiming to be an alpha man in front of a developer, especially a release manager.

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     mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius: (mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 05-Oct-2024 04:11:58 JST mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:

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     @kaia sigmamax or sigmax !
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