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Originally Posted by heliod
As someone that has developped apps in my past (for computers, not for phones), if you want good, professional apps, you need to let the developer make a living out of it. The iTunes store is all about canibalizing the developers. Considering the apps cost 99 cents and 30% of it stays for Apple
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A quick look at today's top 25 most popular paid business apps (below) shows price-points between $.99 and $12.99. One of the top 25 medical apps is $29.99. Today's "featured" apps have TomTom at $99.99, MobileNavigator at $69.99, and Starmap Pro at $18.99.
Developers are free to price (and re-price) their apps as they see fit. There are definitely some things Apple can do to make the App Store better for developers, but I don't think you're going to find the consensus being that "[The App Store] is all about cannibalizing the developers".
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