I've made the switch to Ethereum purchases from Coinbase too. Once I have the ETH I can quickly spread it out over a variety of coins, or switch it to Tether or SBD if I want to maintain it's USD value.
Speed is becoming an important factor. BTC is just not good enough.
Exactly how I feel @seablue. I don't think people will continue to use Bitcoin as they see and embrace other coins.