It was one of the most famous candy in the 19th century and made a german company grow into one of the biggest candy manufacturers in europe (haribo). I don't think it's uncommon to like it but that it's rather a generational difference since we now have a bigger variety in sweets you can learn to (dis)like.
Agreed. Wish there would be a political filter similar to the nsfw one. In that way you wouldn't have to isolate yourself to certain subs
Probably the one the grocery company Lidl is working on to tackle AWS but im not sure how far they are in making it publicly available.