You misunderstand, it’s not the $100 which thwarts scammers, it’s the prospect of having to find 1,000 distinct credit cards and spend $100,000 to programmatica

You misunderstand, it’s not the $100 which thwarts scammers, it’s the prospect of having to find 1,000 distinct credit cards and spend $100,000 to programmatically spin up 1,000 developer accounts. If accounts were free, scammers could abuse this process en masse.