• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Control and tracking is the reason, and selling that data.

    Those “obstacles” are there for profit, and probably some censorship. If the user says something they don’t like, they’re easier to ban or have the algorithm not show the post.