I only found out about Lemmy when looking for reddit alternatives over the API drama.
It was probably a long time coming for me as over the years reddit has been less and less of a community and more business-like. I very much enjoy the decentralized nature of Lemmy and I really hope the Fediverse catches on at a wide scale.
I found out about Lemmy about a week after the API changes and got sick of the porn bots following me every time I posted in certain subs. Just created this account, hoping for the best.