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nervositee··on Apple has damaged the perceived value of software
People are spending even less on cheaper android hardware. So it might even be the opposite, that since you bought an expensive hardware you can at least pay a couple of dollars for that app that you could also get for free. You don't buy the cheapest tires on your expensive car ;)
nervositee··on Apple has damaged the perceived value of software
and, you know, google also made an office suite free before Apple made theirs free.
nervositee··on Apple has damaged the perceived value of software
But as a consumer, what the heck am I buying? I'm not buying a physical product, I'm buying a sequence of 0 and 1. It's a license to use said app. It's not the 90's anymore where you own a CD with your program and that is your product. I cannot re-sell the "used app" when I don't use it anymore.

So if I buy the 'license' to use your app, I'm gonna be real effin pissed if I can't use it on all my devices.

Actually tying your purchase to your Apple ID is much better for the dev, because only YOU can use it. A CD with software is much easier to share with your friends.