I really wouldn’t mind paying $10 for TIC-80 PRO if it had exportation without Editor and, something I consider way more useful, image importation.
I’d like to create my art in Aseprite / LibreSprite, and import it into TIC-80.
I guess the misconception comes from the main itch.io TIC-80 page, where I can read it’s WIP feature:
EXTRA EDITORS
you can export your game only without editors, and then publish it to app stores (WIP)