That is the only other option, isn't it? Being forced to auto vote, which can actually be destructive to your investment. Unless you hire quality control to make sure who you auto vote didn't turn to milk the system (very common when content creators get rained votes no matter what they create)
What I also believe this change will do is stop auto votes altogether. Because auto votes can get downvoted, where as your passive income is stress-free. What we will see is people who actually want to curate, curating.