For those 4, reddit was a tool not a community, so they weren’t major users and even if they never visit reddit again, reddit will likely never notice. However, it does raise awareness that reddit is being greedy and that their IPO is a bad thing for the world. As such, it devaluates them. This puts pressure on reddit to respect their community and content creators, which is the only thing they have of value.
For those 4, reddit was a tool not a community, so they weren’t major users and even if they never visit reddit again, reddit will likely never notice. However, it does raise awareness that reddit is being greedy and that their IPO is a bad thing for the world. As such, it devaluates them. This puts pressure on reddit to respect their community and content creators, which is the only thing they have of value.