In my experience it's gradually gotten worse over time. Up until someone in 2010 charging people $1-3 up front worked well for me. Then sometime in 2010 it slow

In my experience it's gradually gotten worse over time. Up until someone in 2010 charging people $1-3 up front worked well for me. Then sometime in 2010 it slowly stopped working as more of the 'top' apps switched to a free with IAP model. Consumers didn't want to pay up front for an app from an unknown developer when people like EA were giving their apps away for nothing.