With the rise of Pod Casting/RSS enclosures and the ability to secure RSS feeds to specific users, will we soon see the day where we no longer get our pornography and other digital content via the web browser but rather by a RSS feed aggregator?
Right now RSS enclosures are being wasted on audio files. This is mainly due to the fact that there are great compression codecs for audio, so the resulting files are relatively small. For larger files like video, you usually end up using Bit Torrent or similar technology to improve download speeds. But will we one day have the technology to deliver all kinds of digital content via subscription to RSS feeds that we pay to have access to? I already see that more tools like Community Server have secure RSS feeds as an option.
Like many ideas, this one may be ahead of its time. It would be great to get all sorts of digital content, be it audio, video, or an entire application without the hassle of the web browser. At this point the only thing stopping me from making a ton of cash by offering 'adult content' via RSS is the size of digital video files. But given a breakthrough in video codecs or network bandwidth speed/pricing, it might be feasible. Deviants all around the globe could come home to there computer saying "You've got porn" instead of "You've got mail".
Given the kind of money the porn industry makes, I am sure there is somebody working on this problem. I know Rory has but some thought into this issue.