The user pays good money for the phone. The price of the phone pays for certain expectations of service: software updates, Siri, Maps, etc. (this is even reflec

The user pays good money for the phone. The price of the phone pays for certain expectations of service: software updates, Siri, Maps, etc. (this is even reflected in the way Apple books revenue in their public filings.) There's no reason the app store couldn't work that way as well. It's not selfish to expect that if you pay $1,000 on a phone that there isn't a hidden and unavoidable tax on third party apps purchased for it.