That was my opinion as a developer. In times where "app count" is important for a mobile platform to take off, these platforms are also marketed to developers (in addition to the "main market"), because those are the ones who create the apps. I've seen Maemo as a platform where developers are given the choice to use the best tool they can find to solve a problem, and I hope they will continue to provide that choice. It's a pleasure to write apps for Maemo 5 and see non-geek users obtain and use them from Extras.

The Extras repository is important for bringing these applications to the end user. And the apps I *write* are totally targeted at the "main market" you are speaking of (even though I may or may not be part of that market *myself* - that doesn't matter in this case).