There's also other rights/benefits that come with it like implicit transfer of estate, access to a loved one in a hospital due to being "family", and ability to share insurance.
Other cherrypicked examples, Dave Grohl and Clapton famously had no formal training and just learned by listening to and emulating artists they liked. I suspect they make over 20k/year.
Most of the billionaire tech CEOs that I've seen get stock comp in RSUs which are taxed at time of vest. That may be different in other industries though.
Isn't pay per usage viable for value via web or does that fall under subscription? I tend to think of subscription as a monthly/annual payment for access.
It _sucks_ compared to some other non existent platform. The adoption both by users and developers seems to indicate it is the best thing we have produced for this so far.