Devs push back on Grok's X data moat hype: browser use and API already cover it
brandon_galang · x · 2026-10-22
After a viral post claimed Grok's exclusive access to X data means "Anthropic and OpenAI have NOTHING to offer" and "SpaceX has already won," developer Brandon Galang pushed back: he accesses X daily via browser automation, and businesses can just use the API. He argues Instagram would be a richer, more differentiated data source anyway — nice to have, but not game-changing. The exchange highlights disagreement over how valuable proprietary social data moats really are for AI bots.
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