I don’t get why people complain about them removing shitty monetization. People have done nothing but complain about reddit gold and awards.

If you don't think aesthetics is a valid argument I don't know what to tell you. Just because you don't care about it doesn't mean other people don't, or that it's an invalid opinion.

I still use reddit as well as lemmy. There are lots of communities that haven’t migrated, and probably never will.