I've been wondering if that was the case. Do you remember the whole Ellen Pao thing? She was the fall guy for unpopular changes too. I'm kind of hoping it goes the same way where spez steps down and they roll back some of the changes at least. Not looking too good though...
Honestly im hoping for reddits downfall. Lemmy has been as great or better. Sometimes im missing video playback but its way better and not controlled by one entity. Thus way less chance of getting abused.
One boss does not necessarily control the company himself. Reddit could be rotten to the bone for all we know, Spez has just been the face to hate. Things will likely not be better if he'd step down.