Absolutely agreed. I have used Reddit since the Digg migration practically daily. If Reddit ceases to exist, so be it. I’m tired of corporate decisions running the websites we love, it’s time for them to focus on the users. If that means sites run by the users, for the users then that’s what it should be. Fediverse means no one entity owns everything and everyone is a lot more free to move around between servers. I don’t see ads or sponsored posts disguised as content being an issue here. I don’t see bullshit like Reddit Gold, Awards, Lounge and all the other pay to win garbage working here. Is Lemmy perfect? No, but is the core idea behind Lemmy infinitely better than the core idea behind Reddit? Absolutely.