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In addition to what's already described, ActivityPub allows for access control. It's completely possible to have feeds for paid readers, personalized feeds, etc, in a way that RSS doesn't really support.

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Didn't 404 recently announce that they had RSS feeds for paid readers that was in fact built into Ghost now?

https://www.404media.co/404-media-now-has-a-full-text-rss-fe...

Yes, but it's a kludge: 404 has specific, secret RSS feeds for subscribers that contain full-text copy. With ActivityPub each recipient can have personalized content through the same link, and even for free subscribers, the publisher has a better view on who is actually subscribing.

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