I wrote about this a few weeks ago and my thoughts are pretty much the same. It is frustrating to exchange POB to Hive and then send Hive to another market to exchange but for the time being this is the best option

You are right it is highly frustrating to be converting and converting before you trade Pob. The truth is that is will be very fantastic if we can see Pob stand on it own but the big question is what the leaders in this community are doing towards pob self independent.