The owner of OnlyFans, a site known for its adult content that is credited with revolutionising the online porn industry, has died at the age of 43.

Leonid Radvinsky, who was born in Ukraine and grew up in Chicago, had purchased the company in 2018 from its two UK-based founders.

The site’s popularity surged during the Covid-19 pandemic, landing him on Forbes’ annual list of billionaires just three years later.

He “passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,” OnlyFans confirmed in a statement, which asked for privacy for his family.

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    No, it’s the vast majority of them. The vast majority of people in prostitution feel no empowerment and in fact it’s the opposite; they’re ashamed of their position and would change it if they realistically could.

    If you disagree, then you’re wrong. It really is that simple.

    There is nothing empowering about whoring yourself out for money to the same people profiting off of your destitution.

    It doesn’t matter how many people upvote you on the internet. You’re still wrong.

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      This isn’t a conversation about prostitution. And this isn’t a conversation about me.

      This is a conversation about your silly opinions and how they are formed by projecting your negative feelings about yourself onto others and that you do that because you hold a negative self image and have low self-esteem.

      And that is unfortunate and you could do better.

      But good news! You can get help. Capable therapists are but a website away :-)