Imo one of the reasons why the protest on Reddit has worked so well in comparison to X is because of the way content is presented. Whilst X didn't really care about people leaving/protesting, Reddit was extremely affected by the blackout (even if Huff played it down) because the content that was left was trash and people were forced to move or boycott it at least)... There's just no comparable force to the subreddits on X that could affect everyone's timeline so much that they would be forced to stay off it.
That being said, there are lots of more reasons for why X hasn't died (yet)
I really think it's ironic that we are risking the destruction of systems that have been stable for hundreds (or even thousands) of years just to save a system that isn't even stable enough to handle an Elon Musk tweet
Yup, the API is still free if you don't use it commercially if I'm informed correctly (commercially includes app subscriptions, ads and asking for donations)
You get a random notification every day to publish a photo (camera only). You can upload 3 pictures if your first one has been published (I think) 2 minutes after you received the notification to upload. Else you can only publish one photo per day.
I guess the idea is to show your friends what you are currently doing without giving you time to prepare yourself / your environment...
They mainly blame it on the sun or they just see it as "natural warming" just the way ice ages have existed.
For example: here's one of Germany's leading right wing populists (and inbred nazi descendant wannabe noble) Beatrix von Storch saying: "Well maybe we need to tell the sun to shine less!" when being asked about how to tackle climate change.
Es ist nicht viel, aber es ist ehrliche Arbeit