The only thing they care about is bottom line, and this, "Huffman says the blackout hasn’t had “significant revenue impact”," is key.

To lose 95.8% of your site (judged by the 8467 out of 8838 subreddits gone dark) and not have a revenue impact at all raises some questions, primarily if there are any revenue streams based on usage, or only on monthly subscriptions and non-view-based ad contracts?