As I recall, Reddit really dragged their heels in implementing GDPR-mandated data checkouts, citing technical challenges and privacy issues, but I’m sure it was more about the technical challenges and laziness (old codebase that has kind of sucked since forever and they’re not keen on touching it). This was when the law went into effect in 2018.
I requested archives of my data from Reddit as per GDPR a few weeks ago, and it’s still pending. And the page said “oh, uh, we’ll provide them within 30 days.” …which is well within the letter of the law, if not the spirit. Other sites I’ve requested my data from can provide it within days, usually.
All I can say as someone who’s been perplexed about Reddit’s tech side for a long time is that it’s pretty damn emblematic of the whole site.
They might not have bothered to implement an automated setup just for EU & UK users, meaning it’s an ad-hoc process each time. If they go over the 1 month you can head over to the ICO website and file a report.
