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I still don't understand why they don't use the existing functional activitypub instead of trying to reinvent the wheel?
Yes, thinking about, I'm also not seeing what is really different. AT protocol is decentralised, but so is ActivityPub. I can see Nostr has done something really different with relays and own identity, but AT is not doing that. They do allow you to set a domain name as a handle and that may move across servers, but we have not actually seen other servers yet.
Probably so they have more control over every part of it
Unfortunately that's the most likely conclusion I drew too
AT Protocol just makes me think Of GSM.
That's the Hayes command set for serial modems since 1981.