Applications fees are here to stay. As mentioned before it helps weed out time wasters and those who are intentionally illiterate. The idea of baking the tribute fee with the session rate doesn't work for me.

Requesting an ID is completely fair since every site like loyalfans,C4S, adult sites and the like all require verification and a new form of this too. You'll have to think long and hard about who you are willing to screen with.

I used to openly accept calls on my work phone and quickly realized everyone was just jerking off for free and had no intention on respecting my time. Times have changed and we just want to protect ourselves in the most feasible way possible.