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Re:Facebook is embedding tracking data inside the photos you... by ubercow13 on Saturday July 13, 2019 @08:16AM (#20427680)
How is using ActivityPub any more being part of the system than having to use the RSS 'system'?
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Re:Facebook is embedding tracking data inside the photos you... by tadzik_ on Saturday July 13, 2019 @08:19AM (#20427691)
ActivityPub requires an account on a server of some sort. RSS is client-only, so the "friction" is much lower.

Of all the people who listen to podcasts through some kind of an app, how many of them have created an account anywhere?

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