On the one hand, I've gone to the trouble of setting up a Lemmy instance. I've invited some users. If they stick around, I'll definitely keep it up and running, and keep using it myself. That doesn't mean I can't use Reddit.
The point of the protest, in my opinion, has to be that if they accede to our demands, we'll do something they like. So if they make API access cost something reasonable, then it would only make sense to reward them. Otherwise, why protest at all? Why wait till now?
Thanks for the announcement. For those of us hoping to upgrade to 0.18.0 quickly once it's available, is this community the place to watch for a timely announcement of that, or should we be watching on GitHub or elsewhere?