Putting the actor in control of the content and the money is table stakes for creating an ethical platform for such content. OF has delivered that.
No disagreement (assuming that OF has some verification protocol, which I imagine they must given that there is significant money changing hands). But I also don't think it's the only way to make porn ethical, just one way. My basic point was all the bellyaching that's coming from places like Proud Boys Media is hard to take seriously when you consider what it is they're defending. This isn't "controversy" and no one is "limiting speech."
Verification isn't hard when there is a bank account and taxes need to be paid. Once you make anything a business that handles actual currency (and not just free uploads for the lulz) things suddenly get a lot more serious. Sure, at a certain echelon there are ways around that too, but offshoring money with dodgy legal schemes is not accessible to your usual paramedic or college student. So there's a window of opportunity for people to "do better" in there...