The Playhouse Is a Sex-Worker-Led Adult Platform That's Taking on OnlyFans

The Australian startup says it’s just like the iconic OnlyFans, only it’s led by sex workers, for sex workers (and has less restrictions).

Next to Tiger King and our wonky sourdough loaves, it was the meteoric rise and falling action of OnlyFans that bookmarked 2020’s shelter-in-place era. Not only were the people sheltering, but they were camming, chatting, and creating content on a platform that promised to finally provide a new kind of home for WFH labor—erotic and otherwise—that was a creator-minded business model. And when that plan went south, consumers and creators alike were left wondering when, if ever, a company could actually deliver on that kind of promise...