Yes but it doesn’t start counting just yet. As tools are still being created. It is about perks and the payment exists to keep it scarce among other reasons. It is bigger than just perks. You can read more here: https://www.marlians.com/marlians/@surpassinggoogle/the-revised-colorlesspaper-for-marlians-com
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