This person is missing that there are whole microc communities that have no equalvalent anywhere is. If you want to connect with parents of autistic kids, it's reddit, all the random hype local shard communities of Facebook, or hoping you find an invite to the countless secret groups you can't even see unless you know about them or get invited. That's it. There was an attempt to leave reddit during the API thing and it failed. Everyone has to move in mass or no one moves for these kind of hyper specific groups and they are mandatory for parents. The medical resources for parents are awful especially if your child doesn't have the worst version. Reddit is basically the only resource. Who is going to abandon a group to help them care for theit child over something like this. Maybe other things, but when you have limited choices, you hold your nose.

Go look again the OP image that spawned this entire conversation.

You're gonna tell me that advertising for homocidal fascist goons, as a business model, is not abusive?

That an enshittifying platform that literally sold out so that a couple owners could extract even MORE money out of everyone around them... thats not abusive?

I'm sorry you have a problem with the word coward, but, I am using it correctly, in applying it to your scenario.

Yeah, all your points abouts about why its difficult to leave are valid, its complex when you go into detail, when you take it case by case.

But when you zoom out, and write a memoir or a summary about it... it boils down to, as I already said, either your values of not using an exploitative platform don't exceed your need for using it, for whatever reason, or, you're afraid of losing social connections or social standing.

People with strong ties to a reddit community and strong values and courage... could become leaders in trying to orchestrate or encourage an exodus or relocation.

Yeah, rocking the boat to get people's attention is harder than pretending it isn't sinking.