Why DN 2.0 Launched Early: Our Choice to Stay Alive 🛡️

We know you are experiencing site hiccups, bugs and teething problems.

Here’s why…

The adult web is currently facing a tidal wave of regulation, from global payment processor mandates to patchwork US and EU laws demanding new security and age verification. Many independent sites can’t and won’t survive in this environment.

The simple truth is, our old platform could not comply. It lacked the necessary security, verification and payment infrastructure. We were under urgent pressure from payment providers to upgrade or face suspension – game over for DudesNude.

We were given a difficult choice: wait for perfection and risk being shut down, or launch the new platform now to ensure our survival.

We chose the second: Survival.

By launching early, we stayed alive. It secured our ability to process payments and meet critical security requirements. We know this means bugs and temporarily losing a few legacy features. We hear your frustration.

Your support matters now more than ever.

DudesNude is a grassroots, independent site built over more than 20 years. We have no big investors. Your membership directly funds the necessary compliance tools and keeps this community online when so many others are disappearing.

We are working non-stop to fix what’s broken and bring back what’s missing. We’re building this for you.

Thank you for your patience as we navigate this regulatory storm. We’re in it for the long haul. We will need a few more months to fix things, but we want to stay another 23 years.

Questions or feedback? We’re always listening at support@dudesnude.com or in the Forums.