I have mixed feelings on this. On one hand, I like most things that involve moving away from the publish or perish culture in academia. On the other hand, this

I have mixed feelings on this. On one hand, I like most things that involve moving away from the publish or perish culture in academia. On the other hand, this doesn't seem to be a productive way to do that. This seems to be trying to attack poor quality publishers through an indirect method which likely will not solve the problem - people are still incentivized to publish in other ways and the root cause needs to be hit to make any real progress. I also think that having at least one publication during an entire PHD is not an unreasonable request - ending publish or perish shouldn't be pursued by trying to curtail the importance of publishing overall since it is still a critical part of the scientific process. There need to be good journals that accept null results and in progress results and replication studies so scientists can continue to be incentivized to share their work without forcing them to build their life around achieving something "publishable" in the current paradigm.