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The text I see there says,
The multiple controllers may subscribe to different, or to the same setpoint topic
So you're 100% correct, they don't need to subscribe to the same topic.
The demo that comes with that package (differential_drive_sim.launch) uses the same setpoint for both wheel PID's, but that's unique to that simulation.