There are some funky federation issues right now, the servers are straining a little bit under the load spike. I can see your post.

Premium’s been a thing for a long time, it used to be Reddit Gold several years ago. It also used to be cheaper, $3.99/mo but it went up multiple years ago.

They might be pushing it hard right now, though. Not sure. Maybe they’re trying to entice the people who were paying for 3PA features to pay Reddit instead or something.

I currently have premium, ad free is the only way Reddit is palatable even before all this went down and I bought it ages ago when I wanted to support a thing I used every day and also have had a couple awards that extended it, it expires in August. I won’t be renewing.

We did it, Reddit!

Oh wait.

!shittyfoodporn@lemmy.ca is one I saw pop up recently.

!gifrecipes@lemmy.world also.

I still have premium through the end of August, while they’re not getting ad revenue from me I have a little time to go gather and archive things I might want (I saved one resource right before the sub it was from went permanently dark but I haven’t had a chance to make sure I have everything else I wanted) and then I probably won’t be back.

And, for interest, I bought premium because I was using a 3PA and knew they weren’t making money off of me so I thought it was fair back when I was interested in supporting the site.

https://lemmy.world/c/kidsbeingderps has a similar idea as r/kidsarefuckingstupid as per the sidebar.

There’s also an unexpected on lemmy.ml but it’s dead so maybe someone with a bunch of good videos/gifs can start to populate it or make a new one here.

I don’t think anyone has a problem with a business trying to make money. The problem is the extortionate pricing and also not having things in place for mods or the communities with accessibility needs. And the timeframe in which the change is being implemented is ludicrous. And that isn’t even touching on the literal libel stating that Christian was blackmailing them.