worth noting that's the pattern anywhere standards rise, not something curacao-specific. operators who can meet the bar stay and get more credible. ones who cant leave and get less credible. overall standard of the licensed market goes up, overall standard of what's available to players stays about the same, because the bad operators are still operating, just from somewhere else.
whether that's an improvement depends entirely on whether players can tell the difference. most cant. the licence is a footer link