I never really understood this, it seems more logical to me to give all members the developer perks. Most of the users won't use them, and those that do are helping to promote the app.net service and get new subscribers.
The bar is set somewhat high to limit the proliferation of poor and mediocre apps, rather than to encourage that. They want "serious" developers (at least for now...) and the price point is set to weed out lower quality apps that can hurt the nascent network.
I never really understood this, it seems more logical to me to give all members the developer perks. Most of the users won't use them, and those that do are helping to promote the app.net service and get new subscribers.