I’m not sure if this is new, but when I clicked on the /r/pics protest post link from the frontpage here, I was redirected to this: https://old.reddit.com/premium
I’m not sure if this is well-known or not that they’re pushing it now, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it, especially on old.reddit.
I will happily pay to keep a free and open service free for everyone. I do not enjoy paying for “exclusivity”. I don’t want to pay to use a service, I want to donate to support it. Fuck paywalls. Gatekeeping the Internet is not a good idea.