Flip-side on the IAP suggestion: I despise ads, but if I have an app with ads I can't bring myself to buy an in-app purchase to remove them for an app I probabl

Flip-side on the IAP suggestion: I despise ads, but if I have an app with ads I can't bring myself to buy an in-app purchase to remove them for an app I probably won't use that often. Whereas if the app was just $.99 to start with, and it looks decent, I'd happily buy it even if I don't use it much. I wonder how this attitude would differ depending on whether you're an early adopter of the technology or whether you're just getting your first smartphone. I come from the Mac sphere where it's entirely reasonable to spend a lot of money on a good app (I'm considering paying $90 to upgrade to the latest OmniGraffle for example), so buying apps on a phone where most are super cheap doesn't seem so bad to me. Either way, I think losing the paid app market is a Bad Thing. Quality apps are expensive to make, but I have an expensive phone; I don't then want to load it up with cheap, ill-designed apps. It doesn't matter how good the phone is if the apps are crap.