Agreed. Don't know why reddit corp doesn't understand this.

"Everyone that was young, left. The changes kept coming in without asking their users what they wanted. They should have held focus groups or product testing. I think when you focus on the money, you lose sight of where you’re going."

Seems like apt critcism, eh? Except that quote isn't from an article on Reddit, its about Facebook. What confuses me most about Reddit corp's restrictions over the past couple of years is we already have a walled garden social media that requires login to consume. Its called Facebook, and audiences are leaving that one even faster. Why would Reddit look at that declining user base and say "yes, thats what we want"?