Researchers definitely do get paid for research. That Google company you mention funds research which can be integrated into their products.

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Matticus_Rex an hour ago | parent [-]

Sure, researchers get paid when they either do the research under contract or productize the research and sell it themselves. But they don't usually do the latter because that's quite difficult.

	▲	verdverm 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Are you grouping academic research funded by grants under the contract category? To me, there is a meaningful difference and I'd add a third category, but I can also see the contract angle