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For comparison, how does mastodon or activitypub in general deal with losing a domain name? It's included in every user's handle. I heard about that happening

• OneDeuxTriSeiGo 1y ago
  With atproto if you use did:web, if you lose or change your domain you are fucked. That's one of the main reason people say "don't use did:web". But with atproto using did:plc, if you lose your domain, your handle stops working but your account works just fine (since your actual account id is a did:plc identifier) and you just change the handle to a domain you have control of (or live without @s by refusing to set up a handle).
• WhyNotHugo 1y ago
  Much like the protocol described in this article, Mastodon and ActivityPub also can’t handle losing control of the domain. Er, unless you rely on a centralised registry, but then you’re depending on their good will. You’re back to the same situation as using a centralised service.