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Indypac was free to enter for the first, and only official, edition (although Jesse put a good bit of his own money into it). Since then it's been an unofficial event run on a Facebook group, so still no charge to enter as no organiser to pay. But it still has tracking and feels like a proper event.
I assume the tour divide is similar (but correct me if I'm wrong).
I don't begrudge people making a living out of doing something people want and are happy to pay for, and I've been very happy to pay for every event I've entered. However organisers may not always add as much value as they might think they do as there are some great events that manage without them.