While Visa's strongarm tactics may be weeding out shady operators, it's also put pressure on many smaller paysite operators who were offering quality content and really are catering to their surfers - the obscure niche sites and the mom and pop amateurs. Many times these smaller sites offer better value than the larger sites created by big corporations.
I guess it's one of those industry consolidation things. The little guy is squeezed out by big corporations, but it means the consumer ultimately loses out because there's less choice.
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