I think it's reasonable to speculate that their canary might as well have not existed for the purposes of determining legal consequence. Without the expected up

I think it's reasonable to speculate that their canary might as well have not existed for the purposes of determining legal consequence. Without the expected uproar over an agency forcing a canary down, the agency has no reason to apply legal pressure on the company. Thus, reddit's canary gives you no real information about the likely reaction of a govt agency to the practice, and certainly no information about a court's view on its legality.