The owner of OnlyFans, a site known for its adult content that is credited with revolutionising the online porn industry, has died at the age of 43.
Leonid Radvinsky, who was born in Ukraine and grew up in Chicago, had purchased the company in 2018 from its two UK-based founders.
The site’s popularity surged during the Covid-19 pandemic, landing him on Forbes’ annual list of billionaires just three years later.
He “passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,” OnlyFans confirmed in a statement, which asked for privacy for his family.
I didn’t know him, but apparently he financed the republicans. If that is indeed the case I say fuck this guy.
On the other hand the site took out the middleman/madam who traditionally exploited these women (perhaps man as well) So, good for them!
Edit: I’m an idiot, I’m sure the site took a fat percentage of the earnings, so technically they just replaced the pimps. And just like that my sympathy is gone…
I mean taking a cut is pimpish but at least they aren’t getting beaten up and physically abused and getting STDs and whatnot.
It is a little better for them.
Thing is though legalized and well regulated full on prostitution would also be better than traditional pimps as well.
He certainly didn’t become a billionaire by charging them reasonable fees for the financial and computational infrastructure his company provided.
They provide the platform though. Is that replacing the pimps, or replacing the hotel owners sex workers are renting rooms from?
They didn’t replace the pumps fully. Some manage accounts however if one party is trying to ban your platform then bribing them not to makes sense.