Some are saying their decision to remove all non-verified amateur porn has killed pornhub, and many are flocking elsewhere. Good riddance or what a shame?

I would go so far as to say they were not given a choice. In hopes to placate their billing processors (VISA/MC), they had to clean up their act. Without getting into a moral discussion as to rights and wrongs of what they were doing over there; I'm glad to see that it was done. As a connoisseur (per se) of porn, I do miss the widely available content that was once there, but I can live without it as whatever you're looking for is easily found elsewhere. PH was just a nice one-stop-shop for whatever.

I believe they were the first site to revolutionize free porn worldwide, then now there are so many better search engine sites with better results that Pornhub us a distant memory now