TNT does not charge a subscription to join or to remain a member. You just have to put in a review every so often. You can access over 900-1,000 reviews a month without paying for anything. It’s on their front page.
PP does not charge you a subscription but you can pay one if you don’t want to write reviews and you just want to read.
AuXXX has pretty good content. And the one thing I will say for them, the culture is pretty straight up as well. Not as precious as you daffodils.
Try not to believe everything your mate riff says. Go find out for yourself if you can get your head out of the sand for long enough. Or out of his arse for that matter.