Sure. Why should Reddit profit off of my content?

Reddit the company or Reddit the million of users like you?

You contribute to the view count and other engagement metrics while littering useless "[deleted]" comments, which do you think you are hurting?

If deleting my comments makes reddit painful to use then it hurts reddit in the end... But it seems to be affecting you on a personal level so I'll start doing it more now

As long as you are honest your goal is hurting people, I can understand your move.