For anyone wondering, you can still use it on mobile by changing the address to old.reddit.com in your mobile browser. So its still accessible on all mobile devices, just not on www.reddit.com.
You’re probably right, he’s speed running turning Reddit into an IPO so fast he’s destroyed everything in under a month.
Not to mention rolling back comment/account deletions to keep the comments up, he clearly doesn’t have a long term plan. This looks like a speedy cash out like he’s about to be caught red handed.
A lot of people, myself included, would have left reddit a long time ago if it wasn't for .old. The new design is crippleware. The mobile experience even worse.
Effectively just adding to a mess. There's a point when you have a really nice new car and every mess is a huge deal, then it gets really messy and so run down, but still drives and you just brush it off every little ding - that's reddit and their user base
Regardless of whether they actually said that or not, I absolutely do not doubt that they will soon. Not even an announcement. It'll just be gone one day