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> doctors, lawyers

Doctors only book so many patients a day. Lawyers are also working for a limited number of clients.

An app I did myself (on top of a FOSS base), released independently, was downloaded millions of times within a year.

Google back in 2011 had one billion MAU. In that context, a $150k+ a year salary (plus equity etc.) for helping provide the content for those one billion MAU is plausible.

Also Google is a web intermediary for web sites with content for consumers. So Google benefits from the work of anyone who puts up a web site, contributes to Wikipedia etc. as well.



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