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But there's more to the story. It's also likely that the App industry is healthier. On an individual level, some
App developers earn more than Hollywood stars[3] and I would guess that the median income of app
developers is higher than the median income of actors.[4] The app economy sustains more jobs (627,000
iOS jobs in the US vs. 374,000 in Hollywood) and is easier to enter and has wider reach. As the graph
below shows It's also growing far more rapidly.
The curious thing is that even though the medium of apps is swamping other forms of entertainment in
all measurable ways, comprehension of the phenomenon is lagging.
Information asymmetry is a wonderful thing.
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