Yeah I've been against curation for years.

https://peakd.com/curation/@edicted/curation-and-sbd-are-broken

So this is a big win for me.

It makes zero sense for 'curation', something that is 100% determined by optional & permissionless frontends, to be enforced on the backend in any way. The flat 'curation' kickback is just a brain hack that makes it more likely that users will vote other people. I'd say we're headed in a good direction.