You don't even have to lower your standards. There are dozens of local providers who post pictures regularly on Twitter, and you can often see what they looked like 48 hours ago, if that matters so much to you.
This is another complaint thread that's laden with unstated subtext: "I won't pay rates above X and I won't screen"
Fine, those are your choices to make, but they're self-imposed limits that restrict who you'll be able to see. LeoList is a known quantity at this point. If you don't want to deal with the obstacles that website poses then expand your options. If you're unwilling to expand your options, stop complaining. The world's not going to rearrange itself to save you 50 dollars.