I don't like TGP's, either, but, seriously, what can really be done about it? Offer good stuff that isn't available in their galleries. "Not available anywhere else" applied to good or hard-to-find material is still a winning formula. It is mostly the "me too" sites which have to worry.
I have a softcore site featuring my own photography/video and nothing else (http://www.girlsdotcom.com), and I get several sign-ups a day because several visitors per day take a look at my tour (60 free downsized pics) and say, "Hey, this is what I'm looking for."
With a fair amount of member retention, a site like this grows and grows, almost without limit. As in any other busines, the ones who realize that putting up a site is a long-term matter, not a quick-bucks thing, will ultimately succeed.
------------------
Producer of truly original teen/young woman-oriented adult content at
Wonders of the Unseen World