App Store Heresies: Higher Price, Better Ratings. Don’t Discount Your App. 17 years ago
I think this is true up to a point with many things. Also, if I spend $9.99 on an app, I'm going to be looking to justify spending the dough. If it isn't doing it for me, I'll likely try to figure out why by spending more time with it -- and often times I'll figure out what I like about it.