I am not a minnow but I agree with you that the negative changes of HF 19 counteract the positive ones. Maybe in case you are interested in a more detailed explanation of my point of view, just read my article:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@jaki01/hf-19-and-the-question-of-self-voting-hf19-und-die-frage-bezueglich-selbstvotes
(I don't put that link to get upvoted by a few cents more - put I like people to think about if HF 19 was really such a good idea?)