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The useful part of the service does not a lot as many examples of community run journals shows, such as http://www.mathoa.org/journal-of-algebraic-combinatorics-flips-to-fair-oa/ http://www.mathoa.org/journal-of-algebraic-combinatorics-fli... The reason the publishers charge their exorbitant rates is because they have acquired the journals leaving no freedom to switch to alternative providers offering better service at lower cost. Nor do they allow saving costs by not using services that are not needed.