So far, meh. Not good or bad for me and mine, but I’m watching my country devolve in double time with damned little I can do about it except prepare for the worst and hope for the best. It’s a bit nerve racking to be honest.

Welcome to Lemmy!

I can’t say that I run into much hostility here. Disagreements, sure, but not much hostility.
Going off what remains of your account’s post history though, you kinda come off as a troll. Or a bot. Either would draw the ire of community and instance mods.

Pretty much all of them, for much the same reason. If I’m paying you directly, you shouldn’t be showing me ads. If the amount you’re charging is not enough to support your service without showing me ads in addition to my subscription fee than you should raise the damned price.

To be clear, Ad supported is fine. Subscription supported, fine. I’m not paying a subscription to watch ads.