About 15 years ago it was said the only businesses making money on the web were porn sites. These porn sites, though, were not what was driving the expansion of the web, much less advances in microprocessors.
“...advances in microprocessors.”
I did not read this suggestions in the article. Certainly the “adult entertainment” industry could use the advancement made in microprocessor technology to their advantage, but I did not read anything which would imply that engineers were designing microprocessors with that industry in mind.
Lots of things were and are said, mostly by outsiders who do not know the industry. That statement is a spattered load of PLO/Hamas donkey dung. A lot of people were making money, both large and small businesses.