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		swyx 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: xAI to pay telegram $300M to integrate Grok into t... i get what youre saying but there are impt differences: 1) search is much cheaper to serve than chat 2) chat is a less frequent usecase 3) google paid for entry into a locked ecosystem (apple. also to appear like they are not a monopoly). telegram is far from locked.

fhd2 7 months ago | [–]

4) Search already has working monetisation through ads. They can acquire users at profit, as opposed to at a loss.

guywithahat 7 months ago | [–]

Yeah but chat results in paid subscriptions and it disincentives telegram from creating their own AI chat. Google also pays for most browsers and other ecosystems which aren't really considered "locked"

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