Steam will at least automatically refund a purchase within 14 days if the play time is less than 2 hours. As far as I know you can't get a refund if you don't

Steam will at least automatically refund a purchase within 14 days if the play time is less than 2 hours. As far as I know you can't get a refund if you don't like an article, but I may be mistaken. If you had that option, paying for a journal article might be slightly more palatable. The quickest legal way to get a copy of a paper that isn't already accessible as a pre-print is to email the author(s). Usually they don't mind. Hint: email the student, not the prof and you're more likely to get a reply. You can also do this via ResearchGate.