The situation is getting better with regard to paid apps, 18 new countries got access a month back. Also, Paypal integration is rumoured to be on the way. And

The situation is getting better with regard to paid apps, 18 new countries got access a month back. Also, Paypal integration is rumoured to be on the way. And please don't make blanket statements like this unless you have data to back it up: >Users looking for an "open" experience are expecting free/cheap apps, and are willing to use less perfect free/cheap apps over your perfected "expensive" one Anybody would rather use a free/cheap app rather than an expensive one. I don't know that FOSS users are any different in this regard. Edit: Remember Marco Arment's "Two App Stores"? The same is true of Android, and any other market.