Hmmm yes, the 10 commandments are so relevant to laws in the US. Let's go through them.
I am the LORD your God; you shall not have strange gods before me.
- explicitly allowed freedom of religion
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
- explicitly allowed freedom of speech
Remember to keep holy the LORD’s Day.
- nope
Honor your father and mother.
- don't have to, in fact the state will remove children from parents without honoring their wishes
You shall not kill.
- not really ground breaking stuff
You shall not commit adultery.
- shitty but not illegal
You shall not steal.
- wow, amazing
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- good rule but seems like "don't lie maliciously" covers more.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
- seems appropriate to teach to elementary kids
You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
- coveting our neighbors goods is like 50% of the US economy. And also the basis of manifest destiny.
Might as well have made "Treat others the way you want to be treated" state mandated curriculum, that's more relevant than the 10 commandments.
Reddit has over 1,000,000,000 active users per month. Lemmy has about 50,000. The API fiasco was a big deal for lemmy, but it was not a big deal for reddit. Lemmy is a rounding error to them.
I would also bet that a lot of lemmy users still visit reddit for their niche communities. I know I do, even though I host a server for my own niche hobby, but I'm the only one who's ever posted anything to it.