I don't understand. You are paying $100 a year for the App Store. And yet you are unwilling to pay for the existence for a phone number that costs less than $10

I don't understand. You are paying $100 a year for the App Store. And yet you are unwilling to pay for the existence for a phone number that costs less than $100? People on Hacker News rightly complain about Apple's store. But you are applying this double standard here. If you want to complain, complain better.