I just deleted both my accounts and gave them a piece of my kind in the comment field for it (as if anyone wiuld actually read it).

I think the problem is the bubles we are in. If everyone you ask is boycotting Reddit, thats cool. But those people all being on Lemmy is a huge filter and your not getting an accurate representation of all Reddit users. As you say, most people stay there. Us more involved or tech savy people are the ones leaving and talking about it hut we certainly are the absolute minority (unfortunately).