Great post Ben.
What this industry has to do is win back the surfers/members willingness to pay. Those who can't do it will close, those who can will stay afloat.
I'm thinking the more Tube sites the better for the industry, illegal or legal. Think along these lines. There is a limit to who they can advertise, dating, cams and pills. That's it, mainstream is not coming over and I think even gambling is not an option. There might be more but it's limited. So the more Tube sites relying on this limited number will effect the bottom line.
They will need paysites to promote to pay the bills or there will be a few of them and even that could have a detrimental effect on them.
Again what we need to do is find the level of quality, service and price where enough surfers will pay to keep us in business. What Tubes will do is smash the way we work.