Will this change help bring good content to the top? No.

I’d have to somewhat disagree with this. I think the change is a net positive for authentic content sorting. I say authentic because “good” is of course quite subjective!

With this simplification of curation, the old ways of piling on large reward posts or front running votes on known popular authors won’t yield any higher curation rewards than just voting on what you like.

Those who have been voting specifically for max ROI have zero reason (other than laziness in reassigning their current auto votes) to not simply “Like what they like!” This should have at least some positive impact on organic curation.