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What is discussed
AskMonty AI editorial noteSource consulted:
In this July 2021 commentary, Marco uses cloud services as an example of commercial ties between competing companies. He refers to Apple's spending on Google's infrastructure and observes that public rivalry can coexist with business agreements and expertise useful to the other party. The amount in the title belongs to the figure reported at the time: the passage is neither a contract update nor a technical audit of data handling.
Key points
- Infrastructure services illustrate the commercial relationship described.
- Technical expertise can be purchased from a competitor too.
- Marco uses the example to question a purely binary view of rivalry.
