I definitely agree. Another good thing about being in a federated platform is that even if you want to jump ship later down the line or if another instance becomes more popular, you still get to see contents from both instances.
Wait, do you actually have to pay for the original icon now? In what world do you make your actual logo a paid option? I hope this is only for the r/place event but with the recent changes I wouldn't be surprised if they made everyone pay to not have the shitty pixel icon.