Just do a chargeback from your bank, reddit will never ever reply

There’s now significant bitterness and hostility,

Yes, I’ve noticed this more than ever in the last year or two, it simply is not pleasant to interact with people on reddit anymore. Old accounts stopped posting months or years ago, new accounts either don’t take it seriously (therefor making the entire experience an empty and frustrating exercise in trolling) or use it purely to make bad faith arguments about politics.

Don’t get me wrong, reddit’s never been exactly a bastion of highminded discourse but right now it’s positively vile.