rimark -
I will list you some reasons why the performers, customers or site may disable the VODS.
Performer Reasons -
1- The performer had a show that was talk only with a customer. So didn't release the show because it wasn't really the typical show that customers want to watch on VODS.
2- The performer had a show that was talk only but the conversation contained personal matters of the customers on the VOD. So the performer disabled the VOD so the customers personal life is not available to all to see.
3- The show didn't go as planned for some reason and was not appropriate to remain a VOD that was active.
4- The show didn't actually start because the customer was having technical issues. So VOD was disabled because performer was sat there only saying hello hello hello are you there ?
5- The performer feels the VODS don't encourage customers to take them private at their higher rate and makes the customers go watch the VODS at the cheaper rates. So in short the performer feels they are not making a better income with them enabled for some reason.
6- The performer has landed in the top 3% of performers and her/his feature to disable all VODS when they get to this top 3% is enabled. (Remember some performers have no control over this and their studios do this).
7- The performer has had problems with users recording their VODS and re-posting them to other sites.
8- The performer does not want friends or family members to see their shows. Sometimes family or friends are invited to the chat by the performers to chat but of course they don't need them to see what they do in private shows.
Many more reasons of course as you can imagine these are a few examples.
Customer Reasons -
1- The original customer has the right to disable public access to their show, it is their show and it is their call what they want to do with it. They can even email the site and ask for it to be deleted if they like.
2- The customer watched the show and realised their name or other personal information was on it. So they disabled it for all to access.
3- The customer just wants their shows only available to them.
Many more reasons of course as you can imagine these are a few examples.
Site Reasons -
1- The site removed a VOD because the original customer requested it for removal.
2- The site removed the VOD because the show broke some site rules.
3- The site removed the shows because the performer was having problems with customers recording their shows and re-posting them on other sites.
4- The site disabled access to all VODS for that performer because their studio requested it.
5- The performer left the site and wanted all their VODS removed for personal reasons.
6- The site removed the VOD because the "report abuse" was clicked on that VOD and some customer found the VOD not appropriate for some reason.
Many more reasons of course as you can imagine these are a few examples.
Also the most important reason why customers and performers have this control is to not upset them and make them leave the site, we all have the right to control our own personal data created on here. If we take that control away it only upsets the performers and customers and they go elsewhere, so it makes good business sense to allow this.
I do see your point about having VODS enabled and allowing a future customer to get a sample of what may take place in private (one of the main reasons why I loved the idea of the VODS when they were introduced and was in favour of the VOD system to become a part of the site and not remain a beta test platform), but easy cure for that is going into the open room and asking the performer would you do this in private and if they say yes take them for a show as they have agreed to perform with you. If you find for any reason a performer didn't do as they promised in open room and agreed you could always contact customer support to review it and make a decision if they may refund you some of the credits as a good will gesture. Then you know not to take that performer private again. I'm happy to say most performers stick to their promises in open room so I doubt you will have any problems with that so the general rule of thumb is always agree in open room with the performer before clicking private in this case.
Hope I made it clear now why and if anything else drop another note here

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Best regards
Nabil
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