Originally Posted by FoxtrotAlpha

As for filehosts becoming 'compliant', well, most of them will die off without the ability to pay uploaders. The only reason they have any traffic at all is because they pay uploaders, they essentially pay until they become *the* place for content. Once nobody uploads to them anymore, they will not have any income or any traffic, compliant or not.

I think a lot of them will begin using obscure, shady payment processors now, but I assume they will be more difficult to have suspended/removed.