Internet anonymized hardcore pornography access

Evidence

Hardcore pornography was an obvious example. For decades, society relegated explicit content to shadowy theaters, seedy video stores, and discreet mail-order catalogs. The internet revolutionized access: Viewing was anonymous, instantaneous, and as simple as checking the weather. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 171

Categorization

• CANDY: The comparison of porn access to ‘checking the weather’ is a striking, tweetable image of how radically the internet defanged a once-taboo content gate.
• XREF: connects to: Anonymous sexual titillation drove AOL’s early chat room popularity — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 709