You are absolutely right. Scientists are the only ones to blame for this. It's true, as someone else replied to you, that scientists tend to chose journals base

You are absolutely right. Scientists are the only ones to blame for this. It's true, as someone else replied to you, that scientists tend to chose journals based on their reputations but it's also true that nothing prevents a scientist from publishing their unedited manuscript on their personal websites. It's absolutely legal and absolutely uncommon.