How is it even possible for Flappy Bird to be making $50K/day?

In the last few months Flappy Bird has been downloaden over 50 million times for iOs and android combined (and I'm sure this number has been raised significantly over the last few days). Well let's say Dong Nguyen (developer of Flappy Bird) used Apple's iAd to show banner advertisements in his game. read more

If you're only now hearing of Flappy Bird, the game goes as follows: you tap the screen to propel a tiny, pixelated bird upwards. If you hit any of the green pipes in your way as you fly towards some unknowable, unreachable finish line, the game is over. read more