Do you guys really pay 100$/y to build Apps for IOS?

With every new App published on IOS I wonder again how the financing works. Just through donations, or do you "take one for the team"?

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Does that apply to free apps as well? I planned on publishing one but if need to pay USD 100 out of picket every year then clearly i won't. Let me check that.

Edit: It does. The developer account is independent of what you publish. Well, then PWA without app store presence it is I guess.
Is that for an app store account or what? Either it's your job and like buying tools for a job is not rare, or it's your hobby and also not rare to spend that. I do like when there's a free tier for experimenting, though.
- To build an IOS app you need an Apple Developer Account, which is a subscription service for 100 bucks a year.
  
  It's similar but not the same for Android. With Android you don't need an Account to build the App, just one to publish it on the Play Store - which also only costs 25$ one-time purchase.
  
  Also, I can understand the financing on for-profit Apps like Sync. Shit costs so much money the dude breaks profit with just one person paying premium.
  
  For hobbiest it's on the expensive side. I mean it's probably the most expensive part of the pipeline for most hobby Devs for a way overpriced service. But I get it if you really want to publish your Lemmy App on the IOS store and have the money to do it, just wondering if these people have any plans of breaking at least even via donations or such.