> Supply and demand my friends. If you delete the supply, there’s no demand.

Not quite. Demand is independent of supply.

I think they mean demand for reddit, which I don't think is the typical usage of the word but still makes sense to me

The demand for information and entertainment is independent from Reddit supplying it, yes. But if everyone used shreddid, this demand could no longer be fulfilled on the Reddit platform, thus the demand for Reddit would cease.

This is cutting off one's nose to spite their face. It's not like it'll be replaced by a new trove of historical conversations going back over a decade. That's still valuable to people not named Reddit.

When you have frostbite, you amputate. Sure there are less destructive ways with time but removal of dead tissue is still required.

Exactly. This is why I made a browser extension to batch delete all your Reddit history. It's easier than running a python script: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bulk-delete-reddit...