(2024-01-16 10:49)kittenparry Wrote: Please enlighten me on why these models choose to work with a studio, instead of doing this independently? Why would you cut them a portion of your earnings or maybe even earn a salary instead of whole earnings?
It's not as easy in Russia as you think.
1. You need money for a decent computer and a good camera. Not to mention lighting. That is a big barrier to just doing it yourself when you are broke. The studio provides this.
2. The girl needs a neat private space for herself to stream with good internet. If she is still living at home or in shared accommodation that isn't possible till she can afford to rent her own place (ie been in the studio for a while). Again the studio provides this.
3. Getting paid is really complicated now, with sanctions on payments into Russia and internal restrictions on things like Crypto. Makes it much more complicated which again is something the studio sorts for them.
4. Technical setup is a bit harder than you would think, especially once you want to connect lushes. But the big thing is Russian internet blocks the camsites. You need a fast vpn in the west which you have to pay for with a credit card you don't have, or some very difficult methods to bypass the blocks without a VPN. Either way well above the technical capabilities of a 19 year old cam girl, and these girls don't want to get their technical friend in to help for obvious reasons. Studios sort this out for them.
After 6-12 months yeh, she probably has enough money if she was successful to think about getting an apartment and all the equipment necessary. There is still the technical barriers. A camgirl from the same studio as Kateuwugirl, redhead_at_sunset, tried to go independent as tollysage but huge issues with the internet connection, and she now is back in a studio as tollylolly. When 8a8y_nura went independent she had a crap stream quality for a number of months.
Then there is the other common nasty issue in studios connected to organized crime. Use of coercion and (mostly empty) threats from the studio if the girls go independent. See the accusations against Andrew Tate as an example.