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Paying $30 to merely look at a paper that may or may not be valuable is ridiculous no matter how you slice it.
by sillysaurus3 9y ago
Paying $30 to merely look at a paper that may or may not be valuable is ridiculous no matter how you slice it.
- closeparen 9y agoYou aren't meant to pay the $30, you're meant to be inside the firewall at an institution.
- joelthelion 9y agoAnd that excludes 99% of taxpayers.
- closeparen 9y agoCorrect, but I think people are getting hung up on the price and rent-seeking aspect. The price is a farce. Really, what's happening is the restriction of knowledge to the ivory towers (and their VPNs).
- CamelCaseName 9y agoBut why is the price a farce? Why not make it some nominal amount? Universities will still buy subscriptions.