Shocker. Reddit has been going out of its way for years to run itself into the ground. Honestly if I had known about Lemmy a while back I'd have come here instead. I started messing about on reddit when I was 18. I am now 31. I've seen that website grow through so many stages and each one was actively worse than the next.
I'm not remotely surprising that they've decided to reneg on absolutely everything, including paid services.
Totally agree. The majority of my searches when I'm doing research into a new purchase would include reddit so i could read other users experiences. I've made the transition to Lemmy recently after trying the platform a few months ago and then transition for me atleast has been seamless.