It’s pretty clear that open access is the way things should be. Particularly as now publication and reproduction costs are essentially zero. It’s interesting t

It’s pretty clear that open access is the way things should be. Particularly as now publication and reproduction costs are essentially zero. It’s interesting to note how we got here, and how we remain here. Academics mostly universally complain about the current state of affairs, with reason. However, we’re here because academics gave up control. Because the journal system, which was originally run by academic volunteers was seen as a hassle and has given over to businesses to run. Slowly, the businesses became to extract more and more profit... The solution is probably to return to a less profit driven publishing model. But current publishers and academics pretty well locked in.