If developers that want their free apps to be uploaded to iTunes don't want to pay the fee I can try to propose a solution. A collective of similar individuals

If developers that want their free apps to be uploaded to iTunes don't want to pay the fee I can try to propose a solution. A collective of similar individuals can pay for one iTunes account and share it between all involved. There can be a entry process for others willing to join as well. Of course, there are a few negatives: - the account agent account has the keys to this. It would have to be someone highly trusted, but perhaps it can be down to a vote to determine the role. At first, it can simply be whoever starts this. - if iTunes decides to shut down the account, the all eggs in one basket approach would shutdown all of the apps - maintenance of distribution keys/provisionings may be a hassle depending on the roles regular members have in this (non-admins can't create iTunes Distribution provisionings) - The "see all apps created by this dev" feature may show seemingly unrelated apps I'm sure there's more I can't think of, but I still think it's doable.