Not only is this a way for you to keep your stuff, inform you what reddit knew about you and in general good to do with services you use every now and then - it also tends to be quite expensive operation for tech companies that aren’t quite operationally mature yet.
In other words, strongly recommend making a request if you still have an account.
I put in a request under California law a few days ago. I’m interested to see whether they’re capable of meeting their obligations or if they’re not competent to operate a legal business.