In what way is slapping the salami to provocative pixels with zero feedback to the end user, better than real live human being? How did we get to this point where this is even a question?
It’s likely too early to tell what the instantly and freely available and limitless variety of cartoonishly depraved imagery is doing to human brains. But I have doubts about its benefits.
"Cartoonishly depraved"? The vast majority of porn is just pretty normal sex with more attractive than usual participants. Porn has demonstrable benefits for reducing sexual violence, in fact, that's the strongest non-free speech argument for legalizing distribution of illegal porn (obv. not an argument for the legalization of production!).
Surely porn is preferable to the prostitutes of the past?