As I have gotten older I have become a huge advocate of privacy rights much of this comes from my own naïve involvement when I was younger as part of software development projects for several government agencies back in the 80’s and 90’s. If you’ve seen the movie Enemy of the State (late 90’s with Will Smith and Gene Hackman) that will give you a very small taste (think teaspoon while looking at a gallon of ice cream) of our governments’ ability to very quickly process, analyze and locate an individual. Right now the only way you cannot be analyzed and found is if you went completely off the grid. No phone, computer, TV, credit cards, loans, electricity (unless self contained), etc. Privacy rights have been under assault going back to the 40’s with this trend picking up speed in the 80’s. Schools no longer teach you about your 4th amendment right so therefore you don’t know how powerful this right is. Walk up to a stranger and ask them what is the 4th amendment? You will be amazed at the answers. We permit congress to pass the Patriot Act, in the 80’s several Supreme Court cases have permitted the police to submit evidence in cases even if they searched the wrong house by “unintentional accident”. Since then the court has expanded the police as it pertains to search and seizure. Bottom line privacy is now an illusion. Americans started to really lose their privacy in the 80’s and has accelerated with the shift from land line phones to cell phones and use of WIFI and RFID.
The current trend I see for the hobby is the ability to provide more and better information to make an informed decision, less brick and mortar locations (fewer AMP, studios) and more real time personal customization with instant appointment making (talking seconds not hours or days to get response). I only see the trend continuing. In the 80’s you had the yellow pages, 90’s you had essentially brochreware sites, now you have sites that provide more detail and activities provided while at the same time generally providing a more secure way for ladies to filter clients they are willing to see. Moving forward will see the increase use of video to advertise and thinking 15-30 years out the use of virtual reality for advertising and even providing services.
Unfortunately with government it always comes down to money and legalizing prostitution would generate tremendous tax revenue, so I do see prostitution eventually being legalized to some degree look at UK, Australia, and many other countries. Doing this generates revenue and permits LE to focus on more serious crimes such as trafficking, child porn, forced prostitution, etc.. Yes the church’s would fight it but they don’t have the clout they once had especially with the millennial generation and future generations of young people moving away from the church that clout will only decrease.