When asked by friends which first cam site they visited, many will likely mention Chaturbate as being their initial experience with adult entertainment websites. Chaturbate has long been one of the biggest adult entertainment platforms out there; for years it was even considered the most popular, losing only to StripChat when considering raw numbers. Their winning formula is simple: performers charge between 18-50 tokens per minute for private shows that can be recorded by viewers – some models also allow public shows – with private performances being free or paid-for by viewers themselves!

Though these videos don’t usually involve sexual content, the performers still receive tips. Viewers may offer multiple tips or even write jokes in the sidebar that make viewers giggle or less generously insult the performers. In many ways it resembles early CB radio in its chaotic digital format.

Max and Harper’s sexual lives on camera can resemble an amateur variety show, sometimes dubbed by them “Wayne’s World with tits.” Perhaps Max and Harper think this is the only way for them to live — loving, possibly monogamous, sacred since only private spaces can experience such intimate pleasures.

Not everyone, however, finds this to be enough. When looking at these women from a distance, it is impossible not to notice their lives are filled with contradictions; wages barely cover living expenses while ambitious young people must incur debt to pursue their goals; illness or the misfortune of another’s death can turn into financial catastrophe.