Thanks for what amounts to be the first useful answer to my inquiry.

I did read this thread; did Vesuri really state this here?

So it's pretty much Nokia's fault. That's unfortunate and I apologize for blaming the developer.

There are two dimensions to any price, and those are (perceived) value and cost. I disagree with the implication that this app would have any value on competing OSes since they provide much of the provided functionality out of the box. Many gaps are furthermore filled by free offerings.

But that's not any Harmattan developer's fault and of course, developing this application was costly, even if only in time.

And I can't get behind your statement that this fee can not cover Vesuri's expended time. If that is the case, it has failed its purpose, no? A token fee makes sense to protect the seller from exploitation. But an app doesn't know scarcity, information can be reproduced at virtually no cost at all.

So why take money at all if not to reimburse the developer? To bother and/or annoy users?

Edit: Not Fremantle; Harmattan, of course.