princeali692: it's not the laws. Legally USA is even freer with porn than Japan. It's more of banks and card companies fear of lawsuits over 'obscenity' that has made western porn so tame. Want to blame someone? Blame far right religious organizations with too much free time led by people who definitely have a lot of creepy files on their computer (those most against porn generally are hiding some sick fetishes or representing those that do IMO).
Yea there is also religious element that lobby against porn as well. But there are many factors that put the US industry at a disadvantage. Part of it though I believe is just lack of creativity. It's not so much that there isn't enough piss porn for me or stuff like that, there just isn't enough niche/fetish material in general. For example agemix label has a lot of blowjob focused movies, but many of them focus on different aspects like focusing on a certain noise, or a certain action like self irrumatio. Or like an Anal Licking School movie that is 120 minutes all about two girls eating man ass. You just do not see that stuff in the US and stuff like that can totally be made. The only mainstream American studio that I am aware of that puts forth any effort is Evil Angel, and they have a couple fine directors whos work I appreciate. But 90% of the rest is just garbage in my opinion.
I blame a big part of it on piracy and lack of creativity. I do not believe the industry makes nearly as much money anymore. Also, many studios have been bought up by a corporation called MindGeek who also own most of the porn tube sites. Their business model is basically buy these studios and so they keep producing porn that they can put upload to the free tube sites for views Sounds like a great idea but most of the sites they own really aren't at all that diverse with genres. I just don't see as much diversity in the US industry when it comes to niches and genres. I mean a site like Brazzers is pretty lame and cookie cutter if you ask me. With their cookie cutter scenes and terrible acting.
Also, it isn't just right wing groups trying to kill porn in the US, its also the Democratic party in California pushing their condom law regulations in the name of "worker safety". I hate looking at condoms and I prefer not to watch condom porn, unless its about girls eating cum out of one but they rarely ever do that in the US because they lack creativity. I give it a pass in JAV since the dicks are blurred most of the time so I don't have to notice if I don't want to.
Then again I could just have the wrong perception. I have been watching JAV for a long time now so I might be biased in what I am seeing. I also don't understand Japanese nearly well enough to notice the atrocious acting. But overall there is more to do and see in the world of JAV compared to the US industry. I like to say once you get over the censorship it opens a whole new world.