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It's like Google paying Apple. Doesn't mean Google is bad, just means it needs the traffic and Apple has the reach.


Google pays a rev share on the return it gets from the deal. This isn't pay and cross your fingers child's play here. Google makes most of the money for search transactions that click ads and the distributor, Apple, makes a small fraction of that for providing the search access points. Where's xAI's lucrative return here? Where's their 80:20 split?


Eye balls, DAU and SuperGrok subscription. Also, data. It's a smart move. Also helps to get integration between X and Telegram.




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