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The webcam industry is highly competitive as COVID-19 makes future risks more competitive.
To be a camgirl means that I am always ready to change.
I am always prepared as a camgirl for changes in our industry — be it the newest technology, website updates I work on, infringements of our privacy, or regular fluctuations with customers.
No two days in my line of work are the same: we never know whether we will receive a cooky, kinky request or spend hours in a private show to build a new relationship.
The industry has also been influenced by the COVID-19, which has left a lot of people in trouble and other people find their fortune thanks to new clients' booms.
A node to my privilege as a sex worker online
Before I begin, I think it's important to address that I feel much more privileged as an online sex worker than sex workers who are from full-service sexual work or any other physical contact work.
Such sectors are now closed to the full-service and sex workers in many countries around the world, leaving them in a highly vulnerable position without alternative employment.
During this time, many clubs do not offer pay, and most sex workers do not receive unemployment benefit, which puts them at risk.
Those who work in full-service / contact sex face a further risk of working with a lower customer preference.
I am privileged to continue working and supporting my family throughout this time, as someone who only does sex work online and has its very own risks, without having the effects of my law or my health.
In recent months, new webcam models and customers have increased greatly.
The biggest change I have noticed is that there are more new webcam models and customers looking to fight self-isolation with a little online fun.
As I mentioned earlier, many sex labor industries closing their doors during the pandemic have left few possibilities for those who still need to gain. This resulted in a considerable increase in new models of webcams.
For some models, people with nothing to do stuck at home have greatly increased their profits. But others remember that increased competition has made them fall their prices to retain their customers and earn ample money.
Chaturbate[NSFW], a popular webcam website, said that new website signups increased by 75%. This was also much more than the pace at which new customers entered, which means that more types of webcams ran with less customers.
There are also concerns about new people who sign up for webcams that some of the risks associated with online sex work, such as doxxing, stalking, cyber security and scams are not aware of.
With so many people joining every day, webcam modelers can find thousands of new faces from which to choose, all of which are not initiated by the darker side of the industry.
