Oh absolutely! I've seen complaints about seeing a man in a video, right to the present day. But seeing a man in a mask is still a man. Usually those producers switch to more f/f content. (Darth Sidious/Stryker seemed to be one such producer, for instance.).
I haven't seen fetish producers who only dabble in tickling don the masks, ie: responding to an outcry or customer feedback. It's always the ones that seem to be actual fetishists moonlighting as video producers. That's a clue (to me) right there. TIB didn't come off like a shlub, for instance, he was a pretty buff, muscular guy, tall.....and if there was an outcry against shlub ticklers, it obviously didn't work because there's more than ever! I think there's more of an outcry about that now then there ever was back in the day!
I think if you have the money to hire a model, buy the equipment, maybe rent a space, or already be owning one of your own, you probably are in a position that you can't afford to have your identity splashed around pornhub and the like. But in most cases, you probably have the fetish yourself and want to be involved in the play....hence, the mask.
Anyway, Darth Sidious should chime in on this thread.....Darth, your thoughts please!