I definitely find it beneficial to use the App Store, despite all of it's shortcomings. For better or worse, the new model allows me to focus on development (an

I definitely find it beneficial to use the App Store, despite all of it's shortcomings. For better or worse, the new model allows me to focus on development (and appeasing Apple), instead of having to worry about all the stuff I don't care about (designing a site, doing even basic marketing, etc). Which is not to say that those things don't help, they definitely do, it's just that they're not a barrier to making money like they are in unmanaged marketplaces.