Pornhub’s parent company is changing its name to total nonsense::MindGeek, the parent company of Pornhub and other adult entertainment websites is changing its name to Aylo as it looks to get a “fresh start.”
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The company says the rebrand represents “the need for a fresh start,” as reported earlier by the New York Post.
“The decision to rebrand the company as Aylo, comes in response to the need for a fresh start and a renewed commitment to innovation, diverse and inclusive adult content, and trust and safety,” the post reads.
“The new brand identity will be implemented across all company communications, marketing materials and digital platforms.”
Even with a total rebrand, it might be difficult to forget some of the major controversies MindGeek has faced.
The company faced severe moderation issues for years, including the presence of child sexual abuse videos.
Visa and Mastercard stopped offering payment services on Pornhub in 2020 due to the presence of “unlawful content” on the platform.
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I keep trying to upvote comments lol. I’ll get use to it. Yes whatever. I feel this is like Google’s parent company becoming Alphabet. I don’t care and it doesn’t make any difference to my day to day usage. I’m pretty sure I learned just today that the company is Mindgeek.
I don’t know a thing about adult industry financing but are there investors? Are the moneybags telling them to clean up their image?
seriously, how bad must it be to change name to clean up their image? We all expect this industry is controversial.
The only recent thing I remember about Pornhub is the current blocking in certain states as protest to the age verification requirement. That seems like a plus in my book that they stand up for privacy and internet use. Changing the name seems like it might dilute their stance.
They had huge scandals about revenge porn and child porn in the past. It was so bad, that they deleted a substantial amount of their library, just to be sure.
BTW the brand is still Pornhub, but the company using that brand gets renamed. Hardly anyone knew that name anyway.
Aylo, rhymes with “heyo”, as in what you say after making a lewd joke.
“Your Mom changed her name to Aylo … Heyo!”
Makes more sense than creating a parent company out of whole cloth and calling it Alphabet.
