Pure did the same to me. They'd rather lose lifetime subs and save the traffic than foster customer loyalty. They didn't expect any of us to pay for a recurring subscription after doing what they did.
It's less than .05% of his worth. It's like us dropping pocket change in the Red Cross bucket and he'll make more than that in profit from changes the bribe paid for from the great cheetoh.
Lemmy is too small to be a worthwhile target for musk-like campaigns. It's usually just people escaping their echo chambers to get their rage fix. If you're able to think for yourself, there's really no negative impact and scrolling past is a great solution.
I'd say that's on you, there's more places to not be found than there are discoverable locations on the earth. Proper planning prevents poor performance and all that.
I don't think the meme makes sense. The ml users don't seem to care how much other content is out there. They still participate as much as they'd like.
This seems the wrong community for this. Probably would have fit better in one of the 4 billion us political groups.