Even if the p < .05 threshold is removed, we’re still left with the important threshold of getting published or not getting published. Judging a paper by the quality of its statistical method won’t be enough to sort the publishable from the unpublishable in top journals. As a result, low p-values will continue to be favored and p-hacking will continue. To me it seems like a consequence of scarcity of academic positions and the tenure system.