Avoids people becoming "developers" who just want to side load apps by installing developer versions.
It's also an easy way to fight spam by reducing to serious accounts and allowing manual review.
It's also an easy way to fight spam by reducing to serious accounts and allowing manual review.
Have the fee when people submit an app for review, not before.
Best of both worlds. Lots of developers, rich ecosystem, high hurdle for spam.
Paternalism: the policy or practice on the part of people in positions of authority of restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those subordinate to them in the subordinates' supposed best interest.