As a fellow Philadelphian I was pleased when they announced the timing change. In 2017 I had a choice to fly a one stop flight to GOI on QR with a veeeery long layover at DOH, or a two stop flight via LHR and BOM on AA/BA/AI. I took the two stop flight because it allowed me to leave much later in the day and the timings were better.
So now it's apparently one vote for and one vote against: A tie!