So they're funded by dozens of nations yet charge a fee to access their so-called Public Standards? Operational costs cannot be covered by the member countries?

So they're funded by dozens of nations yet charge a fee to access their so-called Public Standards? Operational costs cannot be covered by the member countries? After all, public standards benefit everyone, and is the raison d'etre for the ISO to be constituted in the first place. A corporate paywall makes sense, not from an org acting for the public.