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The point of constant growth is to prevent being taken down by the free market. Because at some point someone with more financial muscle will try to release something to replace you.
So, besides messing with the free market, which would be totally authoritarian and monopolistic, I can't think of a solution.
The problem with Reddit isn't its intention to grow, it's that they did it in a totally shitty way. For example, they could have worked with the community to improve the app before taking down 3ed party apps, they could have created accessibility/mod tools, and they could have added reasonable pricing for their API.
It's not that growth is bad, is that these companies just don't care how their userbase feels. But that is not inherent of growth.