I'd be more than happy for it to be 0%, but you do get a few things for that cut:
* Credit card processing
* Handling refunds (you need to do this manually on refund, just another thing to deal with)
* Some level of app discovery
* Distribution of app and files
My biggest problem with the 30% is that it is now the de-facto amount that other similar services charge developers for everything now (Google Play - there are others too that escape me now).