But contrary anecdata -- if I have a choice between a great app not in App Store and a just ok app in store, I buy from the Mac app store. The experience acros

But contrary anecdata -- if I have a choice between a great app not in App Store and a just ok app in store, I buy from the Mac app store. The experience across multiple Macs and new Macs is too convenient to give up. This and sandboxing. You can do sandboxing outside the App Store, but almost no developer does. I don't want most apps to have access to my complete filesystem.