The problem is that reddit is going to call the bluff. The lay-user is going to get the shaft, at best mod tools will be beefed up to keep the jannies in the fold, the rest of the site is interchangeable. I doubt most subs will remain closed purely on principle, and if any of the big ones do, there’s probably several power mods perfectly willing to step in.
If the content I have was guaranteed to entertain me, several lifetimes. Picked up a few megatorrents of books, even at 1 book a day I’d take decades to blow through it. Knowing my luck I’d get completely bored of most of them in mere weeks/months. Now video games could potentially last me a decent amount of time, got a ton of games fully downloaded, and some of them could be drawn out for hundreds or thousands of hours if played to completion. I’ve also got a lot of manuals for learning stuff, which could drag things out for a lot longer as I attempt to master something and then utilize it (programming).
I really like watching big number go up (almost maxed on osrs), so piling on more and more cool stuff for the hoard really activates the neurons. The thought of one day having something that someone wants/needs seems so fun to me.