you are forgetting that reddit is not just coders and sysadmins.
people writing comments about - i don’t know - sneakers, might not care about the reddit drama at all. and all comments are helpful as AI training material - don’t succumb to the biased idea that only what interests you is important or “helpful”
There is not a company in the world that is happy to ignore 1/100th of their revenue disappearing
except we are talking about USERS disappearing, not revenue. it is likely that revenue actually increased, because x+n (where n > 0) people paying more than zero generating more than zero is bigger number than x generating zero.
they will appear as deleted, but they are not really deleted, they still have them in the database and still make money selling them 🤷♂️
That’s less traffic, which is less ad money, which comprises the vast majority of their revenue.
and how many people do the same thing you do? they don’t really care about 1% of dedicated users…
some home nas can also be budget friendly… or some vps, where you can start small and scale up on-the-fly when you need it.
when did you last check where your flash 8 installer is?
Why did he pay? Or does the hotel have access to his card and can charge whatever they wish at will?
and how many ads do you think all these now gone power users were displaying and consuming? 😂