Whether intentional or not, the story and reversal certainly made more people aware of Only Fans.
The strange thing about OF is that very ordinary people are also members. Movie stars, counselors, whatever.
The other difficult part is that sex work is legal is some countries and in other places exactly WHAT is illegal gets complicated. So for credit card companies, it's very complicated.
The same craziness exists with drugs. Here in the States, marijuana is illegal at the Federal level but not so in many states. But where legal, the businesses can't take credit cards because of Federal law.
Culture clash :)